作词 : Loreena McKennitt 作曲 : Loreena McKennitt The wind was a torrent of darkness Among the gusty trees
The moon was a ghostly galleon
Tossed upon the 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
He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead A bunch of lace at his chin
A coat of 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 jeweled twinkle
His pistol butts a-twinkle
His rapier hilt a-twinkle
Under the jeweled sky
And 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
"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart I'm after a prize tonight
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 the moonlight Watch for me by the moonlight
I'll come to thee by the moonlight Though hell should bar the way
He rose upright in the stirrups He scarce could reach her hand
But she loosened her hair in the casement His face burnt like a brand
As the black cascade of the perfume Came tumbling over his breast
And he kissed its waves in the moonlight
Oh, sweet waves in the moonlight
He tugged at his rein in the moonlight And galloped away to the west
He did not come at the dawning
He did not come at noon
And out of 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 marching
Up to the old inn-door
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 the casement With muskets at their side
There was death at every window
Hell at one dark window
For Bess could see through the casement The road that he would ride
They had tied her up to attention With many a niggering 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 the moonlight
Watch for me by the moonlight
I'll come to thee by the moonlight Though hell should bar the way"
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
Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot, had they heard it?
The horses hoofs ring 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
Tlot, in the frosty silence
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
He turned, he spurred to the west He did not know she 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 gray 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
And 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 the spurs in the gold moon 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
Still of a winter's night, they say When the wind is in the trees
When the moon is a ghostly galleon Tossed upon the 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
[00:00.000] 作词 : Loreena McKennitt [00:01.000] 作曲 : Loreena McKennitt [01:10.399]The wind was a torrent of darkness [01:12.989]Among the gusty trees [01:14.739] [01:15.449]The moon was a ghostly galleon [01:17.908] [01:18.449]Tossed upon the cloudy seas [01:20.949]The road was a ribbon of moonlight [01:24.990]Over the purple moor [01:26.699] [01:26.789]And the highwayman came riding [01:29.390] [01:29.599]Riding, riding [01:31.969] [01:32.908]The highwayman came riding [01:34.669] [01:35.289]Up to the old inn-door [01:37.789] [01:39.878]He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead [01:42.519]A bunch of lace at his chin [01:44.638] [01:45.209]A coat of claret velvet [01:47.279] [01:48.890]And breeches of brown doe-skin [01:50.699] [01:50.848]They fitted with never a wrinkle [01:53.608]His boots were up to the thigh [01:56.419]And he rode with a jeweled twinkle [01:58.759] [01:59.319]His pistol butts a-twinkle [02:01.489] [02:02.389]His rapier hilt a-twinkle [02:04.599] [02:04.899]Under the jeweled sky [02:06.979] [02:09.610]And over the cobbles he clattered [02:11.989]And clashed in the dark inn yard [02:14.810]And he tapped with his whip on the shutters [02:14.900] [02:17.760]But all was locked and barred [02:20.210]He whistled a tune to the window [02:23.410]And who should be waiting there [02:25.360] [02:26.100]But the landlord's black-eyed daughter [02:28.300] [02:28.929]Bess, the landlord's daughter [02:31.310] [02:32.250]Plaiting a dark red love-knot [02:34.570]Into her long black hair [02:36.590] [02:39.210]"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart [02:41.590]I'm after a prize tonight [02:43.660] [02:44.660]But I shall be back with the yellow gold [02:47.560]Before the morning light [02:49.370] [02:50.370]Yet if they press me sharply [02:52.429] [02:53.700]And harry me through the day [02:55.400] [02:55.750]Then look for me by the moonlight [02:58.660]Watch for me by the moonlight [03:00.900] [03:01.800]I'll come to thee by the moonlight [03:04.350]Though hell should bar the way [03:06.270] [03:08.770]He rose upright in the stirrups [03:11.290]He scarce could reach her hand [03:13.480] [03:14.240]But she loosened her hair in the casement [03:16.950]His face burnt like a brand [03:19.100] [03:19.700]As the black cascade of the perfume [03:22.640]Came tumbling over his breast [03:24.640] [03:25.390]And he kissed its waves in the moonlight [03:27.720] [03:28.400]Oh, sweet waves in the moonlight [03:30.480] [03:31.700]He tugged at his rein in the moonlight [03:33.990]And galloped away to the west [03:36.490] [04:02.490]He did not come at the dawning [04:04.360] [04:04.930]He did not come at noon [04:07.600] [04:07.930]And out of the tawny sunset [04:10.510]Before the rise o' the moon [04:12.650] [04:13.520]When the road was a gypsy's ribbon [04:15.700] [04:16.200]Looping the purple moor [04:18.360] [04:19.100]A red-coat troop came marching [04:21.369] [04:22.200]Marching, marching [04:23.689] [04:25.0]King George's men came marching [04:26.810] [04:27.680]Up to the old inn-door [04:29.960] [04:32.800]They said no word to the landlord [04:34.400] [04:34.659]They drank his ale instead [04:36.420] [04:37.360]But they gagged his daughter and bound her [04:40.240]To the foot of her narrow bed [04:42.440] [04:43.0]Two of them knelt at the casement [04:45.830]With muskets at their side [04:47.710] [04:48.520]There was death at every window [04:50.600] [04:51.540]Hell at one dark window [04:53.720] [04:54.530]For Bess could see through the casement [04:57.900]The road that he would ride [04:59.300] [05:01.820]They had tied her up to attention [05:04.270]With many a niggering jest [05:06.330] [05:07.700]They had bound a musket beside her [05:09.960]With the barrel beneath her breast [05:11.800] [05:12.490]"Now keep good watch", and they kissed her [05:15.690]She heard the dead man say [05:18.330]"Look for me by the moonlight [05:20.630] [05:21.400]Watch for me by the moonlight [05:23.520] [05:24.200]I'll come to thee by the moonlight [05:26.860]Though hell should bar the way" [05:28.870] [05:31.220]She twisted her hands behind her [05:33.280]But all the knots held good [05:35.620] [05:37.500]She writhed her hands till her fingers [05:39.630]Were wet with sweat or blood [05:41.640] [05:42.520]They stretched and strained in the darkness [05:45.210]And the hours crawled by like years [05:47.350] [05:48.300]Till now on the stroke of midnight [05:50.230] [05:50.860]Cold on the stroke of midnight [05:53.600] [05:53.810]The tip of one finger touched it [05:56.440]The trigger at least was hers [05:58.470] [06:15.900]Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot, had they heard it? [06:17.450] [06:18.0]The horses hoofs ring clear [06:19.770] [06:20.710]Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot, in the distance [06:23.400]Were they deaf that they did not hear? [06:25.480] [06:26.600]Down the ribbon of moonlight [06:28.550] [06:29.900]Over the brow of the hill [06:31.230] [06:31.810]The highwayman came riding [06:33.810] [06:34.640]Riding, riding [06:36.380] [06:37.960]The red-coats looked to their priming [06:39.710] [06:40.270]She stood up straight and still [06:42.600] [06:44.670]Tlot, in the frosty silence [06:46.560] [06:47.300]Tlot, in the echoing night [06:49.300] [06:50.310]Nearer he came and nearer [06:52.370] [06:52.950]Her face was like a light [06:55.700] [06:55.840]Her eyes grew wide for a moment [06:58.600]She drew one last deep breath [07:00.660] [07:01.340]Then her finger moved in the moonlight [07:04.230]Her musket shattered the moonlight [07:06.540] [07:07.360]Shattered her breast in the moonlight [07:09.850]And warned him with her death [07:11.910] [07:14.440]He turned, he spurred to the west [07:16.950]He did not know she stood [07:19.400] [07:19.920]Bowed with her head o'er the musket [07:22.500]Drenched with her own red blood [07:24.700] [07:25.390]Not till the dawn he heard it [07:28.210]His face grew gray to hear [07:30.410] [07:31.400]How Bess, the landlord's daughter [07:33.500] [07:33.830]The landlord's black-eyed daughter [07:36.700]Had watched for her love in the moonlight [07:36.800] [07:39.460]And died in the darkness there [07:41.970] [07:44.300]And back, he spurred like a madman [07:46.540]Shrieking a curse to the sky [07:49.370]With the white road smoking behind him [07:53.0]And his rapier brandished high [07:54.800] [07:54.950]Blood-red were the spurs in the gold moon [07:58.200]Wine-red was his velvet coat [07:59.980] [08:00.600]When they shot him down on the highway [08:03.490]Down like a dog on the highway [08:05.680] [08:06.250]And he lay in his blood on the highway [08:10.0]With the bunch of lace at his throat [08:11.340] [08:29.400]Still of a winter's night, they say [08:32.200]When the wind is in the trees [08:34.390] [08:34.588]When the moon is a ghostly galleon [08:37.289]Tossed upon the cloudy seas [08:39.899] [08:40.299]When the road is a ribbon of moonlight [08:43.198]Over the purple moor [08:45.489] [08:45.758]A highwayman comes riding [08:48.190] [08:48.899]Riding, riding [08:50.659] [08:52.290]A highwayman comes riding [08:53.529] [08:54.649]Up to the old inn-door [08:57.239] [09:12.409]
