Name: To Be A Highwayman
Duration: P00H02M16S
Description: This song is from a play called An Honest Gentleman which I co-wrote with Cordelia Spence for Stuff Of Dreams Theatre Company, another organisation for whom I do a lot of work.

To Be A Highwayman

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This song is from a play called An Honest Gentleman which I co-wrote with Cordelia Spence for Stuff Of Dreams Theatre Company, another organisation for whom I do a lot of work.

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To Be A Highwayman

Let the farmer plant and reap his corn
Let the blacksmith tend his forge
Let the parson preach
And the teacher teach
Let the grocer mind his store
Let all good and honest working men
Fill their station as they can
But one stands tall
Above them all
He is the highwayman
A highwayman, a highwayman
I would be a highwayman

The farmer rises with the sun
And works until it sets
He must toil
To till the soil
And put food on our plates
The highwayman he stays abed
If it pleases him till noon
He takes his ease
As he does please
And rises with the moon
A highwayman, a highwayman
I would be a highwayman

The Parson when he takes the air
And walks all down the street
He can expect
The warm respect
From all those he might meet
The Highwayman makes no such claim
Of deference to his art
Such is his fame
That all the same
He is held in high regard
A highwayman, a highwayman
I would be a highwayman

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from Raw Material, released March 8, 2019
Composed performed and produced by Tim Lane

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