"Over the hills and far away" also features in John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" - but as a non-music historian I don't know its date; to me it's just "early".

Shirley and Dolly Collins included it in a suite from the Beggars Opera on one of their recordings (again, I can't remember which one . . )

So after that helpful information I'll simply ask - why are there two active Sharpe threads at the moment?

George