About Highwayman "Highwayman" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history: as a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker on the Hoover Dam, and finally as a captain of a starship. The song was influenced by the real-life hanged highwayman Jonathan Wild.
" Highwayman " is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history: as a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker on the Hoover Dam, and finally as a captain of a starship.
Asalto al coche (Attack on a Coach), by Francisco de Goya. English highwayman James Hind depicted in an engraving now in the National Portrait Gallery. A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to ...
Highwayman Lyrics: I was a highwayman / Along the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side / Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade / Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my
In 1985, The Highwayman song became the inspiration for the naming of the supergroup the Highwaymen, which featured Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. It was a rare time in country music history that so much talent amassed for a single song. This song became the only song to reach #1 on the country chart by The Highwaymen supergroup reaching the top of the ...