Help! What poem/work do these words come from

[newbie]

The moon was a ghostly galleon
Tossed upon cloudy seas
When the highwayman came riding
Riding to the old inn door.

They are driving my husband mad - who in turn is driving me mad. HELP!

[Clanad]

The Highwayman ... see here:

http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/hig hwayman-orig.html

[newbie]

Thank you. You have made an 'old' man and his wife happy!

[fat rascal]

beaten to it!!!
thats one of my fave poem

[mycats]

Ditto fat rascal It's one of my favourite poems too

[Golden Shred]

..... whenever I read or hear this I always imagine that it actually happened at the Jamaica Inn at Bolventor. It was turned into a rather nice sad song a while ago, and here at
http://tinyurl.com/mhowz is Bess as depicted on the cover ........