The Highwayman

[YLGL]

Love it. Made me cry.

[caitlinborley]

We watched this in our Literacy class we're learning narrative poems!

[caitlinborley]

Really good poem!

[Plazzmaaaaa]

Remind me again, why is the Osthler a skeleton?

[galzz4958]

this is amazing you are a true artist and you made the imagery perfect!!!

[MyAnything101]

i wathced it im my lange class Ms.knox

[MyAnything101]

This should be an movie id totally pay to seeitgreat job!!!

[souleater65473228374]

love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[Alexbarneycoleman1]

Can't seem to get this video to work! Was excellent last year for literacy. Any chance of fixing the link?

[Cherimoya02]

@Alexbarneycoleman1 Hi thanks for the response, it works fine for me? Perhaps it Youtube in your country or service restrictions where you're trying to access it from?

[lpscutie5488]

my theacher Miss Mann read us the poem.BTW Tim is ugly!

[MegaCouldcareless]

started to cry 

[galzz4958]

@MegaCouldcareless me 2!!

[lpscutie5488]

omg i watched this in class it goes perfectly with the poem. PERFECTLY. keep up the good work!

[purtyprincess12]

i love this video and i have to listen to and watch this video in my reading class and today we have a edmodo assighnment for the poem and she has been over this video for a very long time does anyone here no MRS. Grable

[chuckie7877]

We watched another version of this in English class, and I think she was going to show us another version after we were done with all the poem stuff, and I think I watched it early. Haha

[TennizGirl1110]

I saw this at Language Arts today in 9th period after we read the poem. This video made me cry. :(

[killerpersonful]

We watched this in first period...my teacher cried.

[lilyabard]

I love this poem :-D

[QueenFluffySwag]

this is mint love Tim and read the poem it's the best but y Carnot Bess and the highway man be together while there alive.

[danthepro22]

this is the poem. please dont mark as spam

[danthepro22]

THE wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

And the highwayman came riding—

Riding—riding—

The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

[danthepro22]

II

He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,

A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;

They fitted with never a wrinkle: his boots were up to the thigh!

And he rode with a jewelled twinkle,

His pistol butts a-twinkle,

His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.

[danthepro22]

III

Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard,

And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred;

He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there

But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,

Bess, the landlord's daughter,

Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.

[danthepro22]

IV

And dark in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked

Where Tim the ostler listened; his face was white and peaked;

His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay,

But he loved the landlord's daughter,

The landlord's red-lipped daughter,

Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say—



[danthepro22]

V

'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,

But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;

Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,

Then look for me by moonlight,

Watch for me by moonlight,

I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.'

[danthepro22]

VI

He rose upright in the stirrups; he scarce could reach her hand,

But she loosened her hair i' the casement! His face burnt like a brand

As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;

And he kissed its waves in the moonlight,

(Oh, sweet, black waves in the moonlight!)

[danthepro22]

I

He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon;

And out o' the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon,

When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor,

A red-coat troop came marching—

Marching—marching—

King George's men came matching, up to the old inn-door.

[danthepro22]

II

They said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead,

But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed;

Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side!

There was death at every window;

And hell at one dark window;

For Bess could see, through her casement, the road that he would ride

[danthepro22]

III

They had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest;

They had bound a musket beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast!

'Now, keep good watch!' and they kissed her.

She heard the dead man say—

Look for me by moonlight;

Watch for me by moonlight;

I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!

[danthepro22]

IV

She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good!

She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!

They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years,

Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,

Cold, on the stroke of midnight,

The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!

[danthepro22]

V

The tip of one finger touched it; she strove no more for the rest!

Up, she stood up to attention, with the barrel beneath her breast,

She would not risk their hearing; she would not strive again;

For the road lay bare in the moonlight;

Blank and bare in the moonlight;

[danthepro22]

VI

Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hoofs ringing clear;

Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear?

Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,

The highwayman came riding,

Riding, riding!

The red-coats looked to their priming! She stood up, straight and still!

[danthepro22]

VII

Tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot-tlot, in the echoing night!

Nearer he came and nearer! Her face was like a light!

Her eyes grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath,

Then her finger moved in the moonlight,

Her musket shattered the moonlight,

Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him—with her death.

[danthepro22]

VIII

He turned; he spurred to the West; he did not know who stood

Bowed, with her head o'er the musket, drenched with her own red blood!

Not till the dawn he heard it, his face grew grey to hear How Bess, the landlord's daughter,

The landlord's black-eyed daughter,

Had watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.

[danthepro22]

IX

Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky,

With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high!

Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,

When they shot him down on the highway,

Down like a dog on the highway,

And he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat

[danthepro22]

X

And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,

When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

A highwayman comes riding—

Riding—riding—

A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.

[danthepro22]

XI

Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard;

He taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and barred;

He whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there

But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,

Bess, the landlord's daughter,

Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair. 

[BrittanyTheVampiress]

I love this so much....even though it makes me cry everytime I watch it.....<3

[TheJcr403]

where did u get the vid from??

[Cherimoya02]

@TheJcr403 I made it years ago, and paid for the music to be made

[danthepro22]

dude i just read this poem in class today. it was realy interesting. and i loved it.

[theamzingkatie1]

@crasher925 same her we watched this in class today and we read to and I was shocked at the people but I guess not everyone can be like us

[crasher925]

the immitrueity of the our classmates these days they are to busy lughing at the word "brest" and not taking the time ot really foucus on the beauteful love story present in the poem (and im 13 and im talking like a 23 year old!)

[crasher925]

i saw this video in english class it really puts a new persective on things becouse it make you relize that you need to cherish your freinds becouse somthing mak happen to them

[lucy97265]

I remeber doing this poem in year 5 and we watched this video or it was a diffrent video carnt rember

[superawsomechick1997]

we read this poem in class and listened to acouple songs of it and i loved it because the song made me cry so i love this art work it is exactly how i imagened it oh how i love 7th grade language arts.

[Dany31873]

I saw the exact same video at school thanks for that it was awesome

[607kenny1]

I love this poem! And especially the artwork.

[iwannabeapikachu]

we saw a dramatic interpretation of this poem today :( i almost cried, man. and i was sooo frikin pissed at everyone bcuz they were laughing at the word "breast" and the poor animation. geez

[Wolfkidmaga]

It's not a bad poem

[Wolfkidmaga]

I had to do a report about this

[misterdeems]

I use this video in my English class every year to teach this poem, as both a priming activity and to close it out. They notice new things each time they watch it. Any chance you might upload a higher quality version? That would be a huge help! Thanks so much!

[Cherimoya02]

@misterdeems Thanks for using my piece in class! I won't be uploading a HQ version anytime soon, I don't think. It's mainly due to a lack of time and also, I may have misplaced the original files I used!

[musicxluver98]

@Cherimoya02 We watched it in my english class too before reading the poem and everyone was confused until we read it lol. But I thought it was really cool in a creepy way.

[Ktmsx85ryder]

Armyallie war school do u go to

[armyallie]

My ELA clàss watched this, I sware, I almost cried. Reallyy great interpretation! Illustration & music was amazing too :) This is my favorite poem EVER!

[menchaadrian]

I like the music



[randomheartofgold]

the highwayman is my favorite poem. My dad read it to me really well once. I'm not to keen on the animation style, so I almost turned it off, but I'm glad I stuck with it a few seconds more because it's really a great telling of the story. I'm embarassed to say this, but I was crying a little at the end. Anyone who reads this and has not read the poem, you'd better Google it now and read it. ok?

[smallmusicalgirl]

Sorry- I meant the Lego Highwayman.The Lego Highwayman's just random. Trash compared to this!

[smallmusicalgirl]

I watched this in my Primary School a few years ago- at the time I didn't find it scary at all. This time I was really freaked out!!! By the way, if anyone else found this creepy, watch the highwayman in lego- that'll get you laughing!

[imjusttrin]

Abbaneymatts we did to

[shyCOREProductions]

All you haters your penis is the size of this dislike bar if you are a girl... your penis is still the same size as the dislike bar!

[abbaneymatts]

Saw this at school today!

[red9momd]

A poem sent from heaven:')

I swear it's the most beautiful story ever. -/3 Why can't love like that exist now?!?):

Well, one that isn't full of jealousy and killing.... But one of those "Hey I brought you a rose, our love is forbidden but I'm willing to die for you" kinda love!!!-/3

[randomheartofgold]

@red9momd in some ways it still does :)

[559loveable]

i love the ending

[242maggie]

You...Are.. a Genius.! i absolutely love, the highwayman poem. (its one of my favorites)

[Tessaarleth]

Don't take this video away ever! Its a classic, and beautiful video!

[XxCookieMonsterxX27]

i watched this today in my school

[242maggie]

so did i.

[RunawayComics]

oh my god! did you make the animation?

its amazing!!!

[theateam2012]

im 14 and i watched this at school, and this scared the shit out of me but the music is pretty fuckin awesome though:)

[VirtualQuester]

I absolutely love this, its one of the reasons i fell in love with the poem

[metalskellington19]

when i was a freshman, my english teacher was teaching us about this poem, he read it in an awesome accent too. anyways after he read us the poem then he showed us this video. i remember sitting there thinking this is an okay peom but its really long i didnt want to rlly listen. while i watched the video i was getting really intrested, this is a very powerful poem & and a good story. i was holding back tears bc it really touched me, but i was in class & i didnt want ppl to kno i was crying. :p

[1DavisPaz]

I just watched this video 10 times, shared it on facebook, and liked it. I'm a seventh grade boy and I still love it. I have to memorize the whole poem for class. Probably will be a joy since I love it so much!!! THANK YOU!!

[Cherimoya02]

Thanks for all the wonderful comments - I read everyone even if I don't reply!! <3 Thanks all for the understanding.

[firwinca1]

@Cherimoya02 This video is absolutely beautiful. I've been somewhat obsessed with this poem since I was a kid, and I was thrilled when the poem was included in the 7th grade English text I teach from. I want desperately to use this in my classroom. Is it possible to download, or is it only available streaming?

Thank you for creating this.

[kk234ful]

@Cherimoya02 i wanna thank you for making this even since my teacher mrs. Smith let us watch this iv been in love with it. This video is AMAZING!(:<3

[xXemoplayerXx]

-_- we watched in six period today i want to hold my girlfreinds hand :D

[diamondring62]

Why do we study this so early on? When we first read it, the class was so busy laughing at the fact that it mentioned 'breast' to care about the gorgeous love story behind it all.

And I have a question. When the poem goes 'back he spurred like a madman' does it mean he turned towards where Bess was, or spun back and began to flee? Not that I'm stupid or anything... :P

[Therunaway102]

@diamondring62 what i think is when it said "back he spurred like a mad man" is when he gone crazy cuz his true love had killed herself for him to b alive.. :\ well thats what my teacher told me. cuz at first i didnt get it ether :D so ur not the only one.

[diamondring62]

@Therunaway102 Thanks for the reply :) we weren't really told what happened, just shown an animation which wasn't really all that clear - not this one. Because it's a fairly literal poem we were expected to understand it straight away. Not very helpful. :P I want your teacher! XD

[Cherimoya02]

@diamondring62

Thanks for the nice comment!Yes, he spurs back towards Bess after hearing news of her death. It's been a long while since I've read the poem but if I recall correctly while it doesn't say he runs away, it's implied that he does with her warning shot. So it follows that he returns afterwards only to be killed. I don't think you're stupid! I originally made the animation in order to help people understand the metaphors etc behind the poem- a lot of people get confused by poetry ^^

[diamondring62]

@Cherimoya02 Thanks for the helpful reply :) I understand it now. I just presumed he ran because he realised he'd been found out, and 'his face grew grey' in horror because he knew he'd lost his love, but also that it meant they were after him. I misinterpreted him as a character to being that sort of criminal that 'loved' a woman for her body as opposed to being truly in love with her. I get it now, though. Thanks :) the animation is beautiful <3

[ChampagneandGunsmoke]

@diamondring62 Yeah, Bess fired the musket to warn him away from the trap the redcoats had set. When he heard the shot, he rode away, presumably to hide until things died down. At some point later, possibly as early the next day, he heard news that Bess had died. He was furious, and "Back he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky", and rode back to the inn, or maybe off after the redcoats if they had already given up waiting for him and left, to exact revenge.

[gummywuver101]

@diamondring62 i was busy crying ><

[Shay61000]

@diamondring62 Same thing with my class. I was the ONLY one not laughing.

[awesomesauseX2]

@diamondring62 omg thats the reason im homeschooled lol so many retarded kids and not enough kids that actually WANT to learn :P

[emrere4]

I saw this in year 5 and I litrally cryed and I did cry A LOT when I watched this in year 5 its a really sad story.

[PamelaandAlexiss]

omg i remember wathing this in yr 5 and i cried ands thank u sooo much for making this video !!!! :)

[MyJesusRox19]

what is te actual name of this song? plz respond!!!!!!!

[Cherimoya02]

@MyJesusRox19 It doesn't have one as far as I'm aware, but the name of the composer is in the info box should you wish to contact them.

[ShyanTheLegend]

Saw this at english today

[LovMeh1]

I saw this in english class and yes i do kinda have a crush there and he couldnt stop looking at me afterwards....and now im going out with him! =)

[ramisahossain]

I watched this in year 5!! We read the book first and then Watched the video otherwise I would have no idea what was going on!

[benac130]

Well done

[ThePs311]

english class wtF

[MsInvinceble]

that was fantastic Mrs. Cheung

[ET1998ET]

This video is amazing -3 found it whilst studying the poem

[LoddenChewins]

We watched it in English class! It's an amazing poem/video!

[mauercutie92]

We watched this in English yesterday!

[ayyejayy19]

I first saw this in English class.

I was angry at my Bestfriend so i moved to another desk.

After I saw the video I was sad. Then I though about him dying.

So I moved back to my seat after the video.

Iloveyoubuddy <3 dont die on me :(

[SOXURROXOFF]

@ayyejayy19 XD We did as well, and it kept pausing at 1:01.

[Cappy644]

@ayyejayy19 Ahahaha, shut the fuck up, faggot.

[ayyejayy19]

@Cappy644 My bad, I didn't know my comment was a problem

[awesomesauseX2]

@ayyejayy19 your comment wasnt a problem. you made a statement and there was nothing wrong with it. some people just dont want to be nice :P btw what u did was sweet ^_^

[outakesify]

Tim.... you fail dude

[MrKillerSpeed]

its sad

[omgcmd101]

Tim is scary.....And FU King George for sending those troops and making Bess die. D:

[1029384756ilikepie]

Ok i dont get y she kills herself she knows the dude is coming so why????

[outakesify]

@1029384756ilikepie Read the poem. it'll make more sense

[LawliesXxNobody]

she kills her self to warn the guy she loves that the troops where waiting for him to kill

[whatdoyouthinkjerk]

D'aww this is soo cute and sad :(! We are doing this in English just now and the poem is really good :D wish we could watch the video clip in class again it's so sad but I love ittt!! :) xxx

[Cynthia143cute]

Going to watch this in 7th grade :D and I love the animation ^^

[skydancerr163]

the skeleton guy crepes me out. i'll be having nightmares

[mcflylover100]

@skydancerr163 the skeleton guy is called tim

[ASKT1234]

@skydancerr163 Have you even read the poem itself? cause it mentions tim in it and if you have you'll know that the *skeleton guy* is tim.

[ret6840]

I watched this in 7th grade and I loved it!!!!

[VideoGirlTanya01]

i watched this in 7th grade ELA i thought it was great.

[crush96642]

DAMN SCARY

[KiwiStalome]

This is beautiful. Touches my heart purely. I love it. This was a masterpiece<3

[silvercat00a]

Beautifully made. Watched it in 8th grade english and I honestly was going to cry. It's one of my favorite poems.... correction-my FAVORITE poem and was thrilled to see their love so beautifully portrayed, the whole thing was wonderful. I'm glad someone actually tried to make the poem appear as deep and lovely but slightly depressing as it is. Thank you so much!

[dedicatedfan2TRS]

haha i saw this in english class when i was in 7th grade (im going into 9th now)....it reminds me of those days....

[tinkgirl111]

i love it just perfect im 12 and heard it when i was ten this exsact one we showed it in assembly your famouse!!!!!

[ha333m]

AMAZING!!!!

Make more seriously!!!

[ArlianaChan]

Beautifully made.

[ceridwenp]

Totally amazing video. When I was a child my father used to quote "The Highwayman" from memory at the dinner table. (My mother used to quote The Lady of Challotte). When he was old and had suffered a stroke that rendered him virtually unable to talk - I quoted the first part of the poem to him and he was able to chime in at the "riding, riding, riding" part...

[book2wolf]

what song is this? its so perfect and sad....

[elemantal13]

Wow, okay, I have been watching people's videos for this poem for the last hour and a half and not one of them has come even close to this. It was beautiful and haunting and just perfection. Thank you so much for this.

[meowza12]

I saw this video in english in 7th grade....so not so long ago

[DeadpoolsTV]

@meowza12 dude me to

[ecippeach]

i'm 16 and i only found out about this poem last year in year 10 so i feel kind of stupid

[yumiulrich4eva]

I found out about about this haunting yet beautiful poem when I was reading an X-men:Evolution fan fiction called Black is the Color.

[DeadpoolsTV]

I actually know the people who made this

[Lizzygnomes]

my class class 10 are learning bout this and this is beautiful and i absolutly love it! and by the way i am nine!

[MrMiamary65]

@Lizzygnomes Were learning it in year 5 And im 10 :D

[Lizzygnomes]

my class class 10 are learning bout this and this is beautiful and i absolutly love it!

[Bleugurl97]

I can't stop reading this poem.. The animation initialed it more beautiful.

[Ratboy1576]

11 weird Tims saw that video.

[MissLPSFRUITY]

wow :) so breathtaking and AMAZING

[draculaura1611]

at my school we r learning about the highwayman and we watched this video and i love it !

[TinkBrits]

Tim, you are creepy.

[jazzattack23]

a message for tim......... FUCK YOU GUMBY!!!

[mikeflyinghi]

Beautiful interpretation

[MegaHappysarah]

THis is so beatufil

[TheMuppets100]

I'm learning this @ school

[jumaynhunter1]

@PokeManiac297 Are You In Miss Swidenbank's Class?

[thendisnigh1]

WHAT IS THE DAMN SONG

[tiggydam]

Its puzzling but you get after a couple of minutes its freaky and sad but it makes you think about sad stoys and how it could happen like :-) that

[freakalicous207]

Dude , love this so much . Looks like 11 idiots missed the like button .

[DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSS]

@PokeManiac297 ha ha ha conincidentally so did I.

[freya12345able]

Why is it so sad, Well they looved each other thats the main thing I suppose.

[DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSS]

@freya12345able yes, but it does not matter how they lived alone, for they never lived as one.....

[xxangelzariexx]

@freya12345able it is the main thing but she risked her life to save the highway man from the kings men...... she was gunna die anyway i suppose :l main thing is they did love each other but she luved him so much that she died to protect him... even though he died in the end to be with her

[freya12345able]

Good poem, this is so sad!!!!!!!!!!

[cyberbuddy707]

I saw this in my english class as well.

[DUBbeYOU]

OMG, tim is so freaking horrible><

[DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSS]

@DUBbeYOU in the good way or the bad way?

[teddypie22]

@PokeManiac297 so did i how weird is that lol and i saw it in english class to :/

[Jessybear70]

THE SKELETONS PENG.

[kailbail233233]

WONDERFUL! I use it for all my seventh grade classes!

~Kaileigh

[texascamelqueen]

This is wonderful! I use it whenever I teach the poem to my classes. They love it! It captures the characters, the mood, and the story perfectly!

[texascamelqueen]

This is wonderful! I use it whenever I teach the poem to my classes. They love it! It captured the characters, the mood, and the story perfectly!

[SkyBreeze11417]

this was beautiful

[fruits500]

WOW. how did u make this?

a couple of weeks ago i saw this for the first time in primary school i am 10 and it made me angry,sad and happy so many emotions just in one super youtube video