Over the Hills and Far Away-The Mission

[00:14.04]1. over the hills and far away [00:14.64]they came for him one winter's night. [00:17.85]arrested, he was bound. [00:21.36]they said there'd been a robbery, [00:24.82]his pistol had been found. [00:42.71]they marched him to the station house, [00:46.22]he waited for the dawn. [00:49.49]and as they led him to the dock, [00:52.99]he knew that he'd been wronged. [00:56.92]"you stand accused of robbery," [01:00.10]he heard the bailiff say. [01:03.59]he knew without an alibi, [01:07.01]tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom. [01:10.82]over the hills and far away, [01:14.01]for ten long years he'll count the days. [01:17.74]over the mountains and the seas, [01:21.32]a prisoner's life for him there'll be. [01:28.75]he knew that it would cost him dear, [01:31.89]but yet he dare not say. [01:35.36]where he had been that fateful night, [01:38.69]a secret it must stay. [01:42.71]he had to fight back tears of rage. [01:45.88]his heart beat like a drum. [01:49.43]for with the wife of his best friend, [01:52.68]he spent his final night of freedom. [01:56.48]over the hills and far away, [01:59.88]he swears he will return one day. [02:03.40]far from the mountains and the seas, [02:06.88]back in her arms he swears he'll be. [02:10.70]over the hills and far away. [02:23.90]over the hills and, [02:25.34]over the hills and, [02:26.71]over the hills and far away. [03:09.74]each night within his prison cell, [03:13.15]he looks out through the bars. [03:16.50]he reads the letters that she wrote. [03:20.09]one day he'll know the taste of freedom. [03:23.70]over the hills and far away, [03:26.86]she prays he will return one day. [03:30.58]as sure as the rivers reach the seas, [03:33.89]back in his arms he swears she'll be. [03:37.76]over the hills and far away, [03:41.17]he swears he will return one day. [03:44.74]far from the mountains and the seas, [03:47.97]back in her arms he swears he'll be. [03:51.84]over the hills and far away, [03:55.02]she prays he will return one day. [03:58.59]as sure as the rivers reach the seas, [04:02.12]back in his arms is where she'll be. [04:06.73]over the hills, [04:10.42]over the hills and far away. [04:12.93]over the hills, [04:16.63]over the hills and far away.