Over the Hills and Far Away - Hurdy Gurdy Version

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 'til 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 blue seas
 A prisoner's life for him, there'll be
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 He knew that it (would cost him dear)
 But, yet he dare not say
 Just where he'd 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 blue seas
 Back in her arms, again he'll be
 Over the hills, and over the hills
 And over the hills, and over the hills
 And over the hills, and over the hills
 And over the hills and far away
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 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
 As sure as the rivers reach the seas
 Back in his arms is where she'll be
 Over the hills, and over the hills
 And over the hills, and over the hills
 And over the hills, and over the hills
 And over the hills and far away