# Songs about immortals - like The Highwayman... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678 "2020-05-12T23:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678/41 "2020-05-19T00:55:15Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Queen songs from the Highlander soundtrack: > _Princes of the Universe_ > _A Kind Of Magic_ > _Who Wants to Live Forever_ > [@bump](#): > > A surprisingly haunting song from an otherwise cheesy movie. And it points out one (THE?) of the drawbacks of being immortal- everyone else is sort of ephemeral, even if you fall in love with one. I was recently doing a binge of Queen documentaries on Youtube and learned that Brian May wrote this song and, in the official video, he sings the first verse. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678/42 "2020-05-19T12:48:45Z")
“Whiskey on a Sunday (The Puppet Song)” - covered by The Irish Rovers and others. > [@](#): > > And sad to relate that old [Seth Davy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Davy) died in 1904 > The three wooden dolls in the dustbin were laid > His song will be heard nevermore > > Come day, go day > Wish in me heart it were Sunday > Drinking buttermilk through the week > Whiskey on a Sunday > > But some stormy night when you’re passing that way > And the wind’s blowing up from the sea > You’ll still hear the song of old Seth Davy > As he croons to his dancing dolls three ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678/43 "2020-05-19T13:21:33Z")
I want my shit –Insane Clown Posse > [@The family-friendly part of the lyrics](#): > > Taurus, born in 1775 > I’m like 300 and something, but I’m still alive > I used to hang with the original billy the kid > You prob’ly think I’m only playing but, I did ---
**Author:** ![brossa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brossa/32/3040_2.png) [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678/44 "2020-05-19T13:34:11Z")
I appreciate all the responses. It seems like ghosts should be a separate category, though. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678/45 "2020-05-19T18:29:20Z")
> [@brossa](#): > > I appreciate all the responses. It seems like ghosts should be a separate category, though. I had assumed The Highwayman you were referring to in the OP was [Phil Ochs version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9fWjzYiRUE) of the Alfred Noyes poem, who was in fact a ghost. Now I see that you were referring to this [completely different song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFkcAH-m9W0), in which he is repeatedly reincarnated. It seems like the examples in the OP only include one true immortal, in “I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago.” In “The Highwayman” and “I Might Have Been Queen” the narrator dies repeatedly but is reincarnated. In “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” the narrator is symbolic of all soldiers; he is neither immortal nor reincarnated. There are many of “him” alive at one time: > [@](#): > > For I’ve killed my share of Indians > In a thousand different fights > [@](#): > > Fought in the bloody Civil War > Yes I even killed my brother > And so many others > [@](#): > > For I marched to the battles of the German trench > In a war that was bound to end all wars > Oh I must have killed a million men Anyway, cool idea for a thread, but you already had several different varieties of “immortals” in the OP. So we have in this thread at least: -True immortal humans who are born but then live forever -Reincarnations of the same soul after death -Ghosts -Gods, devils, and other supernatural entities -Eternal symbols ---
**Author:** ![Anglachel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Anglachel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anglachel)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678/46 "2020-05-19T20:00:12Z")
“Indestructible” Disturbed ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-immortals-like-the-highwayman/853678/47 "2020-05-19T22:00:46Z")
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