The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51259 Message #784427
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
15-Sep-02 - 12:31 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Over the Hills and Far Away / O'er the...
Subject: RE: O'er the Hills
Gurney: the song you were thinking of is Twa Recruitin' Sergeants. The tune is still recognisably Over the Hills, though rather changed. It became widely popular among Revival singers through Jeannie Robertson's singing of it.