They came for him one winter's night.
Arrested, he was bound.
They said
there'd been a robbery,
his pistol had been found.
They marched him to the station house,
he waited for 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.
He knew that it would cost him dear,
but yet he dare not say.
Where he
had 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.
Over the hills and,
over the hills and,
over the hills and far
away.
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.
Far from
the mountains and the seas,
back in her arms again he'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.
