Over The Hills And Far Away

They came for him one winter's night
 Arrested, he was bound
 They said there'd been a robbery
 His pistol had been found
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 They marched him to the station house
 He waited 'til the dawn
 And as they led him to the dock
 He knew that he'd been wronged
 "You stand accused of robbery"
 He heard the bailiff say
 He knew without an alibi
 Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom
 Over the hills and far away
 For ten long years he'll count the days
 Over the mountains and the seas
 A prisoner's life for him there'll be
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 He knew that it would cost him dear
 But yet he dare not say
 Just where he'd been that fateful night
 A secret it must stay
 He had to fight back tears of rage
 His heart beat like a drum
 For with the wife of his best friend
 He spent his final night of freedom
 Over the hills and far away
 He swears he will return one day
 Far from the mountains and the seas
 Back in her arms again he'll be
 Over the hills and far away
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 Over the hills and
 Over the hills and
 Over the hills and far away
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 Each night within his prison cell
 He looks out through the bars
 He reads the letters that she wrote
 One day he'll know the taste of freedom
 Over the hills and far away
 She prays he will return one day
 As sure as the rivers reach the seas
 Back in his arms again she'll be
 Over the hills and far away
 He swears he will return one day
 As sure as the river reach the seas
 Back in his arms is where she'll be
 Over the hills and far away
 She prays he will return one day
 As sure as the rivers reach the sea
 Back in her arms is where he'll be
 Over the hills
 Over the hills and far away
 Over the hills
 Over the hills and far away