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Over The Hills & Far Away

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1.     Tom he was a piper's son,     He learnt to play when he was young;     But all the tunes that he could play     Was "Over the hills and far away."     Over the hills and a great way off,     The wind shall blow my top-knot off. 2.     Tom with his pipe made such a noise     That he pleased both the girls and boys,     And they stopped to hear him play,     "Over the hills and far away."     Over the hills, &c.

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