[00:14.640]They came for him one winter's night.
[00:17.850]Arrested, he was bound.
[00:21.360]They said there'd been a robbery,
[00:24.820]his pistol had been found.
[00:42.710]They marched him to the station house,
[00:46.220]he waited for the dawn.
[00:49.490]And as they led him to the dock,
[00:52.990]he knew that he'd been wronged.
[00:56.920]"You stand accused of robbery,"
[01:00.100]he heard the bailiff say.
[01:03.590]He knew without an alibi,
[01:07.010]tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.
[01:10.820]Over the hills and far away,
[01:14.010]for ten long years he'll count the days.
[01:17.740]Over the mountains and the seas,
[01:21.320]a prisoner's life for him there'll be.
[01:28.750]He knew that it would cost him dear,
[01:31.890]but yet he dare not say.
[01:35.360]Where he had been that fateful night,
[01:38.690]a secret it must stay.
[01:42.710]He had to fight back tears of rage.
[01:45.880]His heart beat like a drum.
[01:49.430]For with the wife of his best friend,
[01:52.680]he spent his final night of freedom.
[01:56.480]Over the hills and far away,
[01:59.880]he swears he will return one day.
[02:03.400]Far from the mountains and the seas,
[02:06.880]back in her arms he swears he'll be.
[02:10.700]Over the hills and far away.
[02:23.900]Over the hills and,
[02:25.340]over the hills and,
[02:26.710]over the hills and far away.
[03:09.740]Each night within his prison cell,
[03:14.050]he looks out through the bars.
[03:16.500]He reads the letters that she wrote.
[03:20.090]One day he'll know the taste of freedom.
[03:23.700]Over the hills and far away,
[03:26.860]she prays he will return one day.
[03:30.580]As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
[03:33.890]back in his arms he swears she'll be.
[03:37.760]Over the hills and far away,
[03:41.170]he swears he will return one day.
[03:44.740]Far from the mountains and the seas,
[03:47.970]back in her arms he swears he'll be.
[03:51.840]Over the hills and far away,
[03:55.020]she prays he will return one day.
[03:58.590]As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
[04:02.120]back in his arms is where she'll be.
[04:06.730]Over the hills,
[04:10.420]over the hills and far away.
[04:12.930]Over the hills,
[04:16.630]over the hills and far away.