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According to her, she wrote the song when she was 11 or 12 years old [a] and created the melody on a piano she had at her home, which took an hour approximately. [2] "Runaway" was originally composed for a school assignment when Aurora was in ninth grade. [5] [6] However, she preferred to keep her music private at the time she wrote the song ...
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.
"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 ...
Songs by George Harrison is a book of song lyrics and commentary by English musician George Harrison, with illustrations by New Zealand artist Keith West.It was published in February 1988, in a limited run of 2500 copies, by Genesis Publications, and included an EP of rare or previously unreleased Harrison recordings.
"Run Runaway" is a song by British rock band Slade, released in 1984 as the third single from the band's 11th studio album, The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome, and as the lead single from the album's US counterpart, Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply.
Grainger, c. 1910s. Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away was written by Percy Grainger as his first original work for band. [1]It was originally written between 1916 and 1918 as a piano showpiece for World War I relief efforts. [2]
Featuring all five Temptations - Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams - trading verses and harmony lines, "Runaway Child, Running Wild" paints a tale of a young boy (presumably a preteen) who runs away from home after being punished for playing hooky i.e. absence from school without permission. The ...
"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a song by Northern Irish musician Gary Moore, released in December 1986 by 10 Records as the first single from his sixth solo album Wild Frontier. The song peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart , [ 2 ] but was most successful in the Nordic countries , topping the charts in Finland and Norway .