Over The Hills And Far Away

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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 ther'd been a robbery,

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his psitol 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 wronged.

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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 seas,

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a prisoner's life for him there'll be.