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"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Roud 8460) is a traditional English song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. Two versions were published in the fifth volume of Thomas D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy; a version that is similar to the second Wit and Mirth one appears in George Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer.
Su Xiaokang [14] translated it into "In a Land Far Far Away". A University of Toronto academic Joshua D. Pilzer [ 15 ] [ 3 ] translated it into " In That Far-Off Land ". An Indian historian Sarvepalli Gopal [ 16 ] translated it into " In That Remote Place ".
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The Wind has blown my Plad away. [ 4 ] This verse seems to have been adapted for a recruiting song designed to gain volunteers for the Duke of Marlborough 's campaigns about 1705, with the title " The Recruiting Officer ; or The Merry Volunteers", better today known as " Over the Hills and Far Away ", in which the hero is called Tom.
For example, for an observer B with a height of h B =1.70 m standing on the ground, the horizon is D B =4.65 km away. For a tower with a height of h L =100 m, the horizon distance is D L =35.7 km. Thus an observer on a beach can see the top of the tower as long as it is not more than D BL =40.35 km away.
Heaven is high and the emperor is far away is a Chinese proverb thought to have originated from Zhejiang during the Yuan dynasty. [1] Both historically and in contemporary China, the proverb has a variety of uses, for example: (1) in reference to local government autonomy, (2) in reference to corruption of local officials or lawlessness, or (3) in reference to minor offenses committed outside ...
As Howard told Yahoo Entertainment during a 2016 Director’s Reel interview, Far and Away “was kind of their honeymoon project” (watch above, with Far and Away starting at 3:42).
"Over the Hills and Far Away" (traditional song), a 17th-century song Over the Hills & Far Away: The Music of Sharpe, a soundtrack album "Air Bharr na G-Cnoc 's an Ime G-Céin — Over the Hills and Far Away" by Seán "Clárach" Mac Domhnaill (written c. 1715), see Mo Ghile Mear