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"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."

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!)
Then he tugged at his rein in the moonliglt, and galloped away to the West.

-- excerpt from The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes

...the Poem also states her name--Bess. She's "the landlord's black-eyed daughter" and meets a very tragic end with her hunky highwayman lover... there's a very haunting but catchy version of the song done by Loreena McKennitt which I took inspiration from.

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Description
"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."

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!)
Then he tugged at his rein in the moonliglt, and galloped away to the West.

-- excerpt from The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes

...the Poem also states her name--Bess. She's "the landlord's black-eyed daughter" and meets a very tragic end with her hunky highwayman lover... there's a very haunting but catchy version of the song done by Loreena McKennitt which I took inspiration from.

Drop me a line