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Over the Hills and Far Away
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Over the Hills and Far Away by Traditional School and Community - Digital Sheet Music

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SKU: A0.1314486

By Alan Wagstaff. By Traditional. Arranged by Alan Wagstaff. Folk,Historic,March,Traditional. 8 pages. Alan Wagstaff #903213. Published by Alan Wagstaff (A0.1314486).

'Over the Hills and Far Away' is a traditional British song with several versions dating from 17th Century

It has been arranged for folksy ensemble of voice, fiddle, whistle, accordion, and snare drum. The song runs into a military march of the same name.

Notes: "Over the Hills and Far Away" is a traditional British song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. One version was published in Thomas D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy; a very different one appeared in George Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer. A version also appears in John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera' of 1728.




The words have changed over the years. The only consistent element in early versions is the title line and the tune. D'Urfey's and Gay's versions both refer to lovers, while Farquhar's version refers to fleeing overseas to join the army. 

The tune was provided with another set of lyrics for the British Sharpe television series of the 1990s, based on Farquhar's version. 

The nursery rhyme "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" mentions a piper who knows only one tune, this one. 

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