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They came for him one winter's night |
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Arrested, he was bound |
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They said there'd been a robbery |
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His pistol had been found |
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They marched him to the station house |
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He waited for the dawn |
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And as they led him to the dock |
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He knew that he'd been wrong |
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"You stand accused of robbery" |
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He heard the bailiff say |
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He knew without an alibi |
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Tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom |
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Over the hills and far away |
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For ten long years, he'll count the days |
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Over the mountains and the blue seas |
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A prisoner's life for him there'll be |
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He knew that it would cost him dear |
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But yet, he dare not say |
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Where he had been that fateful night |
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A secret it must stay |
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He had to fight back tears of rage |
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His heartbeat like a drum |
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For, with the wife of his best friend |
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He spent his final night of freedom |
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Over the hills and far away |
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He swears he will return one day |
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Far from the mountains and the blue seas |
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Back in her arms is where he'll be |
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Over the hills and far away |
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Over the hills and, over the hills and |
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Over the hills and far away |
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Each night within his prison cell |
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He looks out through the bars |
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He reads the letters that she wrote |
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One day he'll know the taste of freedom |
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Over the hills and far away |
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She prays he will return one day |
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As sure as the rivers reach the seas |
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Back in his arms he swears she'll be |
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Over the hills and far away |
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He swears he will return one day |
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Far from the mountains and the blue seas |
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Back in her arms is where he'll be |
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Over the hills and far away |
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She prays he will return one day |
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As sure as the rivers reach the seas |
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Back in his arms is where she'll be |
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Over the hills, over the hills and far away |
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Over the hills, over the hills and far away |