For some reason or other I've had 'Over the hills and far away' on my mind tonight. For most of my life this has been a kind of pre folk song. I probably first heard it at infants school 50 + years and more ago and never thought much of it. I really noticed it for the first time recently at the end of an episode of the Sharpe TV series.

"King George commands and we obey
Over the hills and far away."

It brings to focus the lives of the ordinary soldiers, not just British but also French, German, Belgian, Spanish and all the rest. Who walked from France to Spain to Waterloo and back carrying rifles, muskets, kit, foraged food and who knows what. At great personal risk and for very little money.

So I'm looking at the song in a new light. I really like this version but I can't find who sings it. I've come across the Martin Wyndham-Read version which refers to Queen Ann's command and a good version too, but who sings at the end of the TV programs?