"The Highwayman" lyrics - CHARLIE POOLE

As I went down to the old depot
To see the train roll by
I thought I seen my dear old girl
Hang down her head and cry

The night was dark and stormy
It surely looked like rain
Not a friend in this whole wide world
Nobody knew my name

Nobody knew my name, poor boy,
Nobody knew my name
Not a friend in this whole wide world
No one knew my name

Wait, Mr. Judge, oh, wait, Mr. Judge
Wait a little while
I think I saw my dear old girl
She's walked for miles and miles

Dear girl, have you brought me silver?
Dear girl, have you brought me gold?
Or have you walked these long, long miles
To see me hanged upon a hangman's pole?

Dear boy, I've brought you silver
Dear boy, I've brought you gold
I have not walked these long, long miles
To see you hanged upon a hangman's pole

She takes me from the scaffold
She untied my hands
Tears rolled down that poor girl's cheeks
"I love that highwayman"