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 wrong

“You stand accused

of robbery

He heard the bailiff say

He knew without an alibi

Tomorrow's light would

morn 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

he swear 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

he swear 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

he swear he'll be

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

is where she'll be

Over the Hills

Over the Hills and far away

Over the Hills

Over the Hills and far away