The highwayman

[GimmeDemPiez]

@Tinyoak2 Its actually the poem by Alfred Noyes written in the 1700's in song form.

[LakerSteelerFan23]

Good video but audio kind of late

[sheffieldsavenue7683]

this is pretty but your forgetting the last paragraph! :< shame.. this is my fave poem! MISSING: 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.

[Tinyoak2]

The story kind of echoes the true life tail of two genuine highwaymen of the eighteenth century, James MacLaine and William Plunkett. The real story goes that to save his own neck from hanging, Plunkett snitched on Maclaine---which didn't work because years later, Plunkett was hanged anyway. My point I guess it, I am not sure if that was intentional or not...perhaps the poem was based on the highwaymen of the time in general, but it certainly sounded inspired by the true story of these two.

[JimmyScOpen]

So i learned of this song from my english class, of all of them :P... and from the story "Agela's ashes" Or something, i don't remember D:!!!

[bethan130100]

i like the intro to this xx

[UnpimpYourAuto]

That IS a great vid for this song. However, you might consider putting some inserts into the vid so the timing lines up better with the song. Since the vid was made for Fleetwood Mac's song, the timing is different. But again, good find!

[jadedeex3]

this is ggoodd



[Nanipark50]

It's strange how Fleetwood Mac's video fits exactly to this poem, eh?

[nikolaitravolskie]

@Nanipark50 fleetwood mac's video was based off of the poem

[AnimeGirl1723]

I love music that grabs me and pulls me into the story and view point of the characters. =)

[AnimeGirl1723]

This would make an awesome movie or short film! O_O

[nikolaitravolskie]

@AnimeGirl1723 there is a movie like this, it was made i believe, in the 50's or 60's. i couldent for the life of me tell you the name of the movie, but it's a pretty enjoyable movie for its time period in which it was made

[AnimeGirl1723]

@nikolaitravolskie

Than, what movie is this? It has to be a movie and not a video for the song, 'cause there's a car at the end.

[nikolaitravolskie]

@AnimeGirl1723 dick turpin, thats the name of the movie, its a 1955 film

[AnimeGirl1723]

@nikolaitravolskie

Thanks! ^_^

[nikolaitravolskie]

@AnimeGirl1723 no problem lass, hahaha i actually had the dick turpin movie clip in my history thats how i found it again

[nikolaitravolskie]

@nikolaitravolskie the video here is a video made by fleetwood mac, but there is a 1950's or 1960's movie based on the poem

[therealwild1]

This is excellent! Great work indeed. Thank you!

[aaronbcj]

very good video can you please make the audio sync with it ?

[spenceweeks]

Love this song.

[chloeandxanderluver]

we read this story in calss and watched this

[Cynthia143cute]

Watched this during class in my first period E.L.A :D I also fell in love with this poem x3

[PhernixEcoPK64]

HEY

I'm doing this for a production at my school, and i was wondering how to get the music, without Loreena Mckennit's voice?

[CuteMealanie]

i luv this song its actully poem but it is also a song and i just luv it and oh how did u act it out its awsome!!!

[clubcool60]

i studied this. thumbs up cause i luv it

[Tahntahn100]

i love this song. jeffrydhall i love those touching words. and this song ends like romeo and juleit. but what message this song send me is " Love never ends. no matter what love lives on." and this is my faveorite song. i listen to it everyday. i bought a dfferent virsion on itunes by a mistake. lol. but this song still mean alot to me.

[32happy]

That was a beautiful vidoe it was soooooooooooooo sad its unbeliverbly such a good video i suggest u make more becoz i loved it................

[Tahntahn100]

It sucks this can't be played from a mobile . I listen to this song everyday and I listen to it on the bus on my way home.

[kailbail233233]

What is the name of this song?

[MrJesseD2]

@kailbail233233 the highwayman by loreena mckennit its actually a poem called the highwayman by alfred noyes

[Tahntahn100]

@kailbail233233

the highwayman by loreena mckennitt.

[kailbail233233]

AWESOME VIDEO!!!!

[HeartofFlame]

if the entrance had been just a tad bit faster it would have been in line with the lyrics. Great Video. I like watching these. :D

[Freebee59]

who sings this

[jeffrydhall]

@Freebee59 Loreena Mckennitt.

[Freebee59]

@jeffrydhall

thank you

can i get this on itunes?

[jeffrydhall]

@Freebee59 I think so.

[jeffrydhall]

@Freebee59 what is your email and I will see if i can send it to you.

[HeartofFlame]

@Freebee59 You can download the live version of it on Itunes now. Otherwise you have to buy the entire Cd for this particular version. The Live one isn't so bad, it starts with the guitar entrance instead of the orchestra.

[Freebee59]

@jeffrydhall

can i get this on itunes???? and thank you

[MmAaDdIiEe18]

this music I JUST LOVE IT is a favorite of mine

[NixyThePixy]

why the helll is there a fucking car?????

[Shadowangel691]

@NixyThePixy Hmm..I,for one,think that it's there to tell say something like

"And still it continues to this day...." as in the Highway man knocks on her door up to this day.

[strawbg13]

I think the clip is well made apart from the car in it but I loved it. It really makes you think and puts you in the character's shoes. Great clip!

[7oacd]

@strawbg13 The car show that nos the ghosts Continue to see eachother aftr all these years

[BudddyCpSimNASA]

did they even say the writer of the first peom of this? ALFRED NOYES. damn u say every1 but that

[aceofagony]

ito pala ung pinanood samin ni mam baon. xD

[darn1240]

Bess certainly was not the Highwayman's horse. Not sure where that came from. Bess and the Highwayman had obviously known each other for some time. McKennitt's version leaves out Tim the Ostler, unfortunately. Tim is the pivotal point in the story as he is the snitch. Without him, how would the Redcoats have known that the Highwayman was in the territory? One of my favorite poems...

[shallowrider99]

ll-time fav pome



[laddy1234on]

in my english class today we watched this and when we saqw the highwayman dude we all yelled U UGLY!

[Wolfwarrior112]

@laddy1234on do you and your class not have a single poetic or tragical sense in your body

[laddy1234on]

@Wolfwarrior112 hey how old are u my class is 12 and 13 so we think everything is funny

[Wolfwarrior112]

@laddy1234on so am i and my class read the poem before and we thought it was sad

[laddy1234on]

@Wolfwarrior112 well u must not be from minnesota

[Wolfwarrior112]

@laddy1234on yeah i'm from L.A SoCal

[SWARMLORD13]

the high way man came riding

[pandafasha]

ummm im reading this poem in english class he she says "shatters her breast in the moonlight" does that mean her boob exploded?

[TheMuffinIAm]

@pandafasha no it doesnt mean her boob exploded, there was a really immature guy in my class asking about that too, it just means her chest. at one part it also says and the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast, when they're talking about the guy, it just means chest. also i dont think it literally shattered, because it was just one bullet you dont shatter if you're hit by a bullet, also im not saying ur immature asking, cuz i said an immature guy in my class asked

[RCGeek1]

@TheMuffinIAm lol. 

[jeffrydhall]

@TheMuffinIAm Shattered her breast just means she was shot in the chest. It refers to the "shattering" or puncturing of ones skin.

[KATRINA2532]

@jeffrydhall actually shattered could be accurate. A musket in those days I believe sent out a spray. I could be wrong, but it's just a thought.

[MyRandomChiz]

we saw this in my english class today.

[celticthunderfan16]

The car refers to the last 2 stanzas of the poem. It says that if you go to the inn at night you will find the Highwayman and Bess' ghosts sill there and sill in love. The car is someone going to the old in.

[celticthunderfan16]

I love this poem. I'm doing it for oral interp. As a girl, I love telling from Bess' perspective. This vidio is wonderful. Where tim is listenting and how they tie Bess up is exactly how I imagin in. Thank you so much for posting this.

[MegaSingle12]

wat



[GummyBear4234]

No Offence, but Tim Sucks for rating on Bess and Highway man. Sure, He loved Bess to but she died too. But I love this vid. One question... Why is there a car? haha sorry but that is bugging me. Poor Highway man and Bess. :(

Wait... I get why the car it there! Because they went back in time right? Like they went to that same place and relived it. I think that is what is going on... I hope...

[BarbieGirlDolls100]

@GummyBear4234 they didnt go back in time, just examine the lyrics, its a ghost story. they say this story happened in the 1800s, and afterwards when the moon is full and wind is in the trees, ppl can hear the highway man riding to bess.

[iluvraywjohnson]

<3 this poem/song, its my fav of all time <3 i found it in year five and i stumbled across it 3 yrs later (now)

[bigstudio123]

I am learning this in school...

[MisterGussy]

Who Cares if There is A couple of Mistakes The song tells the Whole Story anyway. Btw Love the song!

[icantakeit456]

I love this song :P

[triplejo1]

theres a car im still laughing at tht

[zgravmary]

I think the video is perfect, especially since it's the only one I've found that doesn't just have a still of Loreena, lovely as she is

[MrItaliangirl]

gj really gj my teracher loves this video <3

[Leaf1Pool]

Love it!

[MissFunkyMunky101]

We just listened to this in our english lesson- Love it <3

[littlemissbosy]

lol we just took the peom in english class i LOVE it its so sad but nice :) wen we do our writings we lisin to it :p

[Shinglemump]

cry they died. RIP you two, at least your up there with my favorite person michael jackson.

[qeen45]

this music just scares me

[pandababe200]

i love this

[blondewarrior97]

I love this poem/ song. Its my second favorite, after Annabell Lee

[liddie12x]

i have 2 act this oput in ma class i dunno wat 2 do we have to do it on Friday !!

there r 10 in our group

[shezzi43]

This was only a story. Bess was the name of the highway mans Horse. But i love the story! The video is out of synch with the song, he got shot down while it was singing about Bess' death.

[jeffrydhall]

It is more that just a story. It is an old legend and every legend has a grain of truth to it.

[puckyoumisswithap]

@jeffrydhall the highwayman is about him and bess (the landlords daughter) risks her life to save the highwayman, the highwayman survives but then gets found and then shot! no affence but just listen to the words it tells you!! xx

[jeffrydhall]

@puckyoumisswithap i understand that and never said anything to the contrary.

[ThingsToMakeAnDo]

@jeffrydhall

I Love the way you think ,y9our wisdom ..( * ) SHINES !!!!!!!!

[CarefreeHyperGirl101]

Bess was a girl he was in love with lol

[shezzi43]

Yeh in the poem, but the actual highwayman the guy was writing about had a horse named Bess. Its where he got the name from.

[dashinvaine]

@shezzi43 Bess (Black Bess, to be precise) was a highwayman's horse (Dick Turpin's). Of course this poem is not about Dick Turpin but a generic highwayman, and the Bess mentioned is not a horse. Just to confuse matters further, this Bess's breast was shattered and this Highwayman was shot down (like a dog) by a Brown Bess, which was the standard-issue musket for King George's men!

[errol529]

@dashinvaine daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­h

[yesidohateyou]

@shezzi43 Uhm. No. Bess was the landlords daughter. don't be ignorant.

[harrylaneshow]

@shezzi43 Bess is the landlords daughter we did the poem in english today.

[bbug97]

I had to read this story for homework today and I love it, the voice is hypnotizing it goes perfectly well with the story/poem. I'd love to go where it took place.

[missperfect121995]

matches perfetcly!

[tinyjared98]

i have to study this in school =]

[katya710000000000]

This is amazing and sad... The song /poem is nice =) The girl and the hightway man are the ghosts... so if you go/drive threw that place you might see their shadows... :)

[alynwood5]

i think that this story is great I LOVE IT!!!!!!

[186fleetstreet]

My favorite poem ever

[bubblyhunzx]

omg i hated this

[RogueTheElfWarrior1]

I've always liked this poem. It's sort of a wonder of why that Hollywood haven't made a movie of this.

[spassymcgee]

when u think of itt, i wonder the same thing...

[bzowy07]

@RogueTheElfWarrior1

it's not long enough .>.

[RogueTheElfWarrior1]

It could be with added parts but anyway, it's only an idea! Lol!

[bzowy07]

I suppose so :P

[Rainpelt123]

i <3 this poem and song but what i don't understand is that this is the early to late 1800s in England and there is a car in the vid

[kotterman]

Rainpelt123 its because at the end of the poem Albert Noyes narrates about every so often the spirits of the Highwayman and Bess meet again.

[kotterman]

so it would be any time after the tragedy, but then I dont know if this video was made for this poem but it visualizes it pretty good and almost completely and accurately.

[jeffrydhall]

the reason for the car is the vid is from Fleetwood Mac's Vid Everywere. I copiled and edited it (the best I could at the time) to be put to the song/poem the highwayman.

[shezzi43]

I love the 'legend' But i think its weird how the two met once. And she was willing to kill herself to warn him. Surely u cant fall in love that fast without knowing much about them. :/

[nami345]

They had met a lot more than just one time. We only hear about the one time. The song tells you that they've met more than once. Just listen to the song or Poem and it basically tells you that they've met before. He whistled a tune to the window and Bess came that wouldn't have happened for a first meeting not to mention the love knot. All this tells you they have been meeting for a while now.

[ddoonee]

@nami345 nahhh like we didnt know

[Wolfwarrior112]

@jeffrydhall oh i thought it was a symbol of how the legend of the highwayman lives on

[blahblah723ifly]

@jeffrydhall the reason there is a car is because its saying that the ghosts or legend of bess and the highway man are still remembered in modern day

[ThingsToMakeAnDo]

@Rainpelt123

I love your humour ..Amazing X

[DUSTINM97]

Im reading this poem in my class now this shows an awesome point

[silverwolfnightmage]

I like your point to the video.

[StickmanT]

Great poem and song, but when you think about it, she killed her-self for no reason. She killed herself to warn him, to stay away, but instead he goes back.

[VikkehMatthews]

@StickmanT That's why it's a tragedy! :P

[cbelle76589]

we are required to listen and read this but i LOVE it everyone complains

[Tinyoak2]

I watched the movie Plunkette and McCleane and thought of this song.

[ingeusa2004]

i like this poem but i get deppressed when i hear it

[SweetPureCamelliaFlo]

I first read this poem when I was in the sixth grade and it has always stuck with me.

Now I'm an adult and the poem is still one of my favorites.

I always was touched by how Bess and the highway man reunite in the afterlife.

[enereidah]

my teacher is makin us do a powerpoint the poem is verry good but the homework is very hard:)

[Alphaprime111]

Awesome song... except it gets annoying if you listen to it like a million times. My brother keeps on playing it when he does his work lol. Still very good song/poem

= D

[evilcarne]

saw this in english class but it is also mentioned in Frank McCourts "Angela's ashes" good book good poem

[dancencheerleading]

my teacher is making our class memorize the whole poem and recite it infront of the class! honestly i hate this song and poem so im hating having to look it up!

[wheelgunjoe]

Thats about the intellect of a cheerleader. And we wonder why you all get a bad rep. A little culture would do you some good. I would also recommend some hemingway, poe, and brown. But those are probably above your reading level.

[dancencheerleading]

haha wow! sorry but im in 7th grade and ur prob 80! so i see why u like it and i dont!

[quadgirl08]

i listened to this song in 7th grade, and im in college now. i loved it then and now. so it doesnt matter how old you are kid it just depends on your taste <:)

[KATRINA2532]

@dancencheerleading my son has liked this song for years and his is only in 9th grade. Age doesn't matter here. But, someday you will be able to comprehend the songs meaning from some personal experience and will enjoy it.

[HistoryBuff1942]

What about Shakespeare? and "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen? They should be required learning too.

[wintergreen]

most likely should read poe. That'll make her feel weird, i beleive. one of his poems was freaky deecky but i loved it

[JackBond1234]

She missed the best verse at the end:

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

And 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.

[Shadowkitten]

That verse appears earlier in the song, not at the end. At about 2:08 is when it starts.

[JackBond1234]

Right, but that line is repeated at the end, making it mean more, as they had both died at that point.

[Shadowkitten]

Ah. Okay. I haven't read the poem for awhile so I'd forgotten about that at the end as well.

[mayoko145]

i love this song so mush but i dont know why i just really like it :)

[4everKamelot]

i leaning this song to i just love it.

[Navrules12]

OMG wen my teacher put this video up i couldnt help but keep starin at the video i dont know y

and my classmates kept sayin their gonna have nightmares after seeing it and then da next day they told the teacher (mrs fuentez) if we culd see it again

[KaywizzOfficial]

We saw a diffren t vid oiof this.But we saw the adio of her song

[XMLarry]

So beautiful a song by so beautiful a voice!

[killzorg]

I learned about this in english 2 O_o sad story

[Inugrl101]

I saw this in Language Arts friday, and I absolutly LOVE this poem.

[Strawberry16x]

i a literally crying as im writing this. im not joking. it is such a sad story, and then sung in a celtic style with that violin in the background - i was fine untill bess shot herself. poor bess...

Alfred Noyes is amazing.

[wheelgunjoe]

Anyone who loves another with all they are is never afraid to make that ultimate sacrifice if they feel the loss of themeslves will save the one that they love. No drug, emotion or force is more powerful and sometimes distructive than that of love.

[tahseenstar]

man i was learning this in english and hav'nt had eneghf time to work on it so i am learning now

[MeganChrystina19]

we just were learning about this is english!

[1natG7]

im learning this song right now in my e.l.a class at skoo

[Sian0410]

I did this at schooool in yeaar 5, yaay.

[Shadowangel691]

@Sian0410 Done it in 6 xP

[hAMSteRLuvR23]

ooo i read this poem in engish today = ]

[bopeep1000]

interhigh ;)

[tweetiepie36599]

i did this in yh 5 too

[forristgump]

i did this in yr 5 and i still remember the words

[SpursRule24]

im doin the highwayman as im in year 5 at the moment we are reading the poem and it is very scary

[motorcrosser12]

lol i am in year 8 and i remember rading it, as a class in year 5 it was so good but i did not find it that scary just a litle.

[wackyturkey03]

we read this book in my class yesterday and we listened to this song.

[GlamorousBabez]

We diid thiis poemm whenn I wass in Yearr 5. I actually liikedd doiin itt, Loll !! We watched this video of it like thiis onee x Its was kinda scary but sound !!! Loll x

[motorcrosser12]

lol same.

[dingdongbrown]

I liked the clip but it was a little off to the music she shot herself in the video when they were tying her up in the music it kinda bothered me a little.

[abdull1996]

thats the most amazing video i haver seen for my best poem

[monumentalmuddle]

It was good except when the car came in... WHAT'S WITH THAT but yeah i also just read that in school

[WiccanPedigree]

The whole poem talks about how their love can exced death. their love lasts forever. it shows that even today its still true. fantastic poem

[dannybrain1999]

learning it at school it is great it is a great poem

[rubyslippers57]

love this poem we're doing it at school and im bess the lanlords daughter so embarrising when i die but its worth it

[harold590]

The timing between the song and video was a little off but other than that i loved it!!

[pnkdncngrl]

this video is good but it differs from the poem a bit like how he was on his horse and tapped on the window with his whip and didnt just call to her. still good though

[brunnettlove15]

we watched this today in class my class was all quet n we r hardly ever quiet dude this was interestingg

[HALO3studiosLOL]

I love the poem and the girl who sung it made it even better!

[imchoclate]

GREAT SONG!!!

[sgauden]

Where did you get the video?

[andreathurley14]

we learnin about this in class 5 and watched about 100 times

love me and her xx

[XoXoRobertPattinsonX]

I love this poem. thank you for making this video

[ddeeaannaal]

this was adorable

i love it !

[ZarsasCostumes]

oh my god i love it