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