Oer the Hills and Far Away

YouTube ^ | 11/05/2004 | DGHoodini

[DGHoodini]

Been looking for this for a while..Well, actually i've been looking for a clip of the movie where the character plays the tune, but this montage is pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fy3tSim3to

Thought there might be others who'd care to see it.

[tlb]

Traditional song adapted to the excellent Sharpe series. Music by John Tams & Dominic Muldowney. Hope this isn’t excessively long.

Here’s forty shillings on the drum
To those who will volunteer to come,
To ‘list and fight the foe today
Over the Hills and far away.

O’er the hills and o’er the main
Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain.
King George commands and we obey
Over the hills to far away.

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Sharpe movies, writen by John Tams. Note that each verse is from a different movie, as noted at the start of the verse.

Chorus:

O’er the hills and o’er the main
Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain.
King George commands and we obey
Over the hills and far away.

From Sharpe’s Eagle:

There’s forty shillings on the drum
To those who volunteer to come,
To ‘list and fight the foe today
Over the Hills and far away.

From Sharpe’s Company:

Mid smoke and fire and shot and shell,
And to the very walls of hell,
But we shall stand and we shall stay
Over the hills and far away

From Sharpe’s Enemy:

Though I may travel far from Spain
A part of me shall still remain,
And you are with me night and day
Over the hills and far away.

From Sharpe’s Honour:

Then fall in lads behind the drum
With colours blazing like the sun.
Along the road to come what may
Over the hills and far away.

From Sharpe’s Gold:

When Evil stalks upon the land
I’ll neither hold nor stay me hand
But fight to win a better day,
Over the hills and far away.

From Sharpe’s Battle:

If I should fall to rise no more,
As many comrades did before,
Ask the pipes and drums to play
Over the hills and far away.

From Sharpe’s Sword:

Let kings and tyrants come and go,
I’ll stand adjudged by what I know.
A soldiers life I’ll ne’er gainsay.
Over the hills and far away.

George Farquhar Lyrics

A version of the lyrics by George Farquhar for his play The Recruiting Officer from 1706.

Our ‘prentice Tom may now refuse
To wipe his scoundrel Master’s Shoes,
For now he’s free to sing and play
Over the Hills and far away.
Over the Hills and O’er the Main,
To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,
The queen commands and we’ll obey
Over the Hills and far away.

We all shall lead more happy lives
By getting rid of brats and wives
That scold and bawl both night and day -
Over the Hills and far away.
Over the Hills and O’er the Main,
To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,
The queen commands and we’ll obey
Over the Hills and far away.

Courage, boys, ‘tis one to ten,
But we return all gentlemen
All gentlemen as well as they,
Over the hills and far away.
Over the Hills and O’er the Main,
To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,
The queen commands and we’ll obey
Over the Hills and far away.

[Paine in the Neck]

Thanks. Always liked that song. Kind of took the edge of a very bad morning.