Band of Brothers The Highwayman Waltz Lyrics Band Of Brothers lyrics

One bright early morning - without any warning / Our coachman pulled the reins in - brought his horses to halt / We'd been riding a good road - from Holloway to London/ When the bandit Claude Duvall brought his guns out / We peered out the window - our hearts in a shiver / Wondering what fate would be cast on this dawn.

From high on his horse, he said "Stand and deliver, What goods ye have brought on your journey this morn."/ Then a lady - determined - to appear unafraid / Began to play on a flute to all she surveyed / Duvall raised an eyebrow and flashed her a smile / And said,

Chorus: "Lady, allow me to dance with you a while / Oh, dance with me Lady, here on the heath / I'll forget I'm a bandit, forget I'm a thief / Please lift up your skirts - away from the dirt / We'll go dancing - This morning - I'll do no robbing / We'll go dancing the Highwayman Waltz".

When the dancing was finished - Duvall made a bow / He said, "My lady, you've charmed me - and to you I'll vow / I'll take none of your jewelry - none of your gold / But your husband now owes me - for tunes played on the road."

"Now what say you Mister, ere' the bargain I've struck / I've danced with your Lady - now you're down on your luck / For four hundred pounds I'll see you go free / And if you hasten you can hurry the sheriff on me.


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Now many a man - was lost of his wealth / In the days 'fore and after Duvall danced on the heath /And many a Lady - was lost of her breath / When the captured Claude Duvall was sentenced to death / Claude faced the crowd bravely at the end of his rope / With a smile in his eye and a lump in his throat /His life, tho' a brief one, was filled with delight / And he knew many a lady would dream of him tonight

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