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In year 5 we have been looking at a poem about The Highwayman and Bess. Here are some examples to look at these were written by Chloe and Georgina , and the other one has been done by Georgia and Rhys.

Bess

As I stroll down the old in door, I whistle a tune and just think about the highway -man. I rember that the highwayman asked me to meet him to night, I desperately

hope that he will propose to me.

The sun was going down as it was now becoming sunset. I have been very happy lately but I don’t know why. I decided to go in and rest until the highwayman comes.

I started to plate a love knot in my hair. I heard his horse come trotting down the road and he said “I’ll come to thee by moon light though hell shall lead the way”.

Then one hour later loads of horses came riding down the road, they were King Georges men. A group of them grabbed me and tied me to the bed, they also put a barrel beneath my breast and a gun was tied in with the string to me, they told me to stay and watch for the highwayman.

The highwayman came riding up to the old in door. I needed to warn him so I took one last deep breath and pull the trigger of the gun. He turn around and rode back home. The next morning he came back to see Bess but she was dead so in anger he killed him self so even now there spirits live and they will be in love forever.

By Georgia and Rhys

The Highwayman

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees. I was coming up to the old inn door on my horse. I saw Bess the landlord’s daughter platting love knots into her dark Black hair. I was talking to Bess the landlord black eyed daughter. I said to Bess watch me by moonlight, come for me by moonlight though hell should bar the way.

As I said to her I be back before moonlight. Just then there was a creek by the barn I went to see what it was but there was nothing there but a pile of stones. But then I just felt that someone was watching me going up to the old inn door.

As I road back to my den I saw a hat ling on the ground I thought the hat was Tim the Ostlers hat. I heard a shot like a gun I rushed back to cheak on bess but as I got there I only saw bess ling on the floor dead.

I was very angry because I was in love with Bess but now she is dead she is gone completely. Just then I bumped into Tim Oster and now it is your turn so we both got out our swords we began to fight but all of a sudden Tim got out his gun but then I was just lying on the floor dead.

Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn yard he taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and bared; he whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there but the landlord’s black eyed daughter bess, the landlord’s daughter plating a dark red love-knot into her long black hair. But you can see the sprit of the highwayman and bess together at moonlight.

By Chloe and Georgina