I'll come t'thee by the moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.

TXlib

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Tue Mar-16-04 09:18 AM
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I'll come t'thee by the moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.

Name the poem, author, and the artist who put this piece to music.

No fair googling!

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NoPasaran

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Tue Mar-16-04 09:22 AM
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1. Phil Ochs put it to music

Edited on Tue Mar-16-04 09:24 AM by NoPasaran

I think it's "The Highwayman"
I'm clueless as to the author.

Edited as brain came up to speed

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TXlib

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Tue Mar-16-04 09:41 AM
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2. 2 out of 3 right.

Edited on Tue Mar-16-04 09:43 AM by TXlib

But there is another artist who put this to music, and she is the one i had in mind.

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sybylla

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Tue Mar-16-04 09:54 AM
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3. Loreena McKennett (sp?) put it to music beautifully

It is the Highwayman and I cannot remember the name of the author but I think his first name was Alfred.

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President_G_W_Bush

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Tue Mar-16-04 10:00 AM
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4. Alfred Noyes.

Edited on Tue Mar-16-04 10:01 AM by President_G_W_Bush

I guess I did learn something through the alcohol-soaked fog at Yale.

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sybylla

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Tue Mar-16-04 10:21 AM
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5. Hey, I was partly right

Edited on Tue Mar-16-04 10:22 AM by sybylla

I read the poem for my college Oral Interpretation class, but the professor didn't like it. He thought there were much better poems to study so we only spent about half a class on it.

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Punkingal

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Tue Mar-16-04 10:30 AM
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6. I love that poem.

My sister used to read it to me when I was a little girl. I didn't know anyone had put it to music. That is awesome.

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