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The allusions to the air are also tolerably numerous in books such as " Round about our Coal Fire, or Christmas Evening's Entertain-ments :"
" Let the strong beer be unlocked* And let the piper play * Over the hills and far away/ "
In the " Recruiting Officer/1 by George Farquhar, the Irish dramatist (1678-1707), produced at Drury Lane, April 8th, 1706, Captain Plume, the principal character, sings;
" Over the hills and far away,
To Flanders, Portugal, and Spain, The King commands, and we'll obey; Over the hills and far away.35
Again he sings:
u Over the hills and far away, Courage boys, it's one to ten, But we return all gentlemen, While conquering colours we display.
Chorus, Over the hills and far away."
Then the non-commissioned officer, Sergeant Kite, in a later scene has also another verse :
" Our' prentice, Tom, may now refuse To wipe his scoundrel master's shoes, For now he free to sing and play Over the hills and far away."
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