<P> `` Over the Hills and Far Away '' is a traditional British 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 . </P>
<P> `` Over the Hills and Far Away '' is a traditional British 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 . </P>
who wrote over the hills and far away
who wrote over the hills and far away
Thomas D'Urfey
Thomas D'Urfey