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"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a traditional English song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. One version was published in Thomas D'Urfey's ''Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy''; a very different one appeared in George Farquhar's 1706 play ''The Recruiting Officer''. A version also appears in John Gay's ''The Beggar's Opera'' of 1728. The words have changed over the years, as can be seen in the versions below. The only consistent element in early versions is the title line and the tune. D'Urfey's and Gay's versions both refer to lovers, while Farquhar's version refers to fleeing overseas to join the army. The tune was provided with another set of lyrics for the British ''Sharpe'' television series of the 1990s, based on Farquhar's version. This version was also recorded by John Tams who played Dan Hagman in the series. The nursery rhyme "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" mentions a piper who knows only one tune, this one. Early versions of this, known as "The distracted Jockey's Lamentations", may have been written (but not included) in Thomas D'Urfey's play The Campaigners (1698): :Tommy was a Piper's Son, :And fell in love when he was young; :But all the Tunes that he could play, :Was, o'er the Hills, and far away. Another nursery rhyme "Five Little Ducks" uses the title of the song as a line. ==D'Urfey lyrics== :Jocky met with Jenny fair :Aft by the dawning of the day; :But Jockey now is fu' of care :Since Jenny staw his heart away. :Altho' she promis'd to be true :She proven has, alake! unkind :Which gars poor Jockey aften rue :That e'er he loo'd a fickle mind. ::Tis o'er the hills and far away ::Tis o'er the hills and far away ::Tis o'er the hills and far away ::The wind has blown my plaid away (omitted ) :Since that she will nae pity take :I maun gae wander for her sake :And, in ilk wood and gloomy grove :I'll, sighing, sing," Adieu to love. :Since she is fause whom I adore :I'll never trust a woman more; :Frae a' their charms I'll flee away :And on my pipes I'll sweetly play," ::O'er hills and dales and far away ::O'er hills and dales and far away ::O'er hills and dales and far away ::The wind has blawn my plad away. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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