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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.
[Verse 1: Willie Nelson] 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...
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Dec 2, 2020 · Learn the story behind Jimmy Webb's song "The Highwayman", which became a No. 1 hit and Grammy award winner for the country supergroup of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Discover how Webb wrote the song after a dream, and how the Highwaymen made it their own with their distinctive voices.
" 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.
