They came for him one winter's night
Arrested he was bound
They said he'd been a robbery
His pistol has been found
They marched him to the station house
He waited for the down
And as they lead him to the dock
He knew that he'd been wrong
"You stand accused of robbery"
He heard the bailif 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 moutains and the seas
A prisoner's life for here they'll be
He knew that it would cost him dear
But yet he dare not say
Where he had been that faithful 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 moutains and the seas
Back in her arms is where 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 recah the seas
Back in his arms is where she'll be
Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
Far from the moutains and the seas
Back in her arms is where he'll be
Over the hills and far away
She prays he will return one day
As sure as the rivers recah 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...
Arrested he was bound
They said he'd been a robbery
His pistol has been found
They marched him to the station house
He waited for the down
And as they lead him to the dock
He knew that he'd been wrong
"You stand accused of robbery"
He heard the bailif 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 moutains and the seas
A prisoner's life for here they'll be
He knew that it would cost him dear
But yet he dare not say
Where he had been that faithful 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 moutains and the seas
Back in her arms is where 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 recah the seas
Back in his arms is where she'll be
Over the hills and far away
He swears he will return one day
Far from the moutains and the seas
Back in her arms is where he'll be
Over the hills and far away
She prays he will return one day
As sure as the rivers recah 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...
