Over the Hills and far away ist ein altes englisches Soldatenlied, das zuerst 1706 veröffentlich wurde. Es wurde auch in „The Beggar´s Opera“ (1728) verwendet. Während der Koalitionskriege war es das Lieder der 95th Rifles.

Für das Lied gibt es mehrer unterschiedlich Texte, auch die Melodie variiert leicht. Dieser Text wurde von John Tams geschrieben, der es in der Serie selbst singt. Die Melodie hat er leicht vereinfacht und das Arrangement recht karg gehalten.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Zusätzlicher Vers von John Tams:

When duty calls me I must go

To stand and face another foe

But part of me will always stray

Over the hills and far away