Inspired by The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
A beau highwayman came riding,
Upon a select racehorse,
Riding down the lane,
With purloined gold chains,
He stole from an old dame's purse,
A fair highwayman came riding,
Up to my front door, knocking,
Offering to court,
Love jusqu'à la mort,
Fervour and gold, a'trying,
A glum highwayman came riding,
Before deciding not to anymore.**
For this style, I've left it as free as I could, hating to restrain it.
In this last example, I added a line at the end which we can all agree was necessary. That's something I've left as a choice, same as the changing of a word in the repeated line, you don't have to. Also the number of syllables is flexible, instead of eight you can use nine, instead of five, six...
**Like I've explained, an extra line at the end is okay.
