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Over the Hills and Far Away

from FC1 - The Breeze on the Meadow by Sairie

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    Very short run second edition.

    Limited edition transparent green lathe cut 7" two track single.
    270gsm litho printed linen embossed sleeve with 3mm spine.
    300gsm litho printed kraft card lyric insert.
    Generic Fenny Compton inner sleeve.

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    Limited edition lathe cut 7" two track single, hand cut in Sheffield.
    270gsm litho printed linen embossed sleeve with 3mm spine.
    300gsm litho printed kraft card lyric insert.
    Generic Fenny Compton inner sleeve.

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    One-off test cut hand made in Sheffield by Jon Downing of Do it Thissen.
    Comes on black wax with generic DIT labels.
    Includes the usual die cut Woodford Halse picture sleeve with 3mm spine, colour insert and generic Fenny Compton inner sleeve.
    As this is a test cut, it will have been played a couple of times at Woodford HQ.

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lyrics

My dear Tom will no more come
Nor will he know his new-born son
For ‘neath the sods now he will lay
Over the hills and far away
Where skies fall black with shell and bomb
In Wipers, Arras and the Somme
The king commanded, he obeyed
Over the hills and far away

What solace then for those that learn
Their sons and lovers shan’t return?
Or they that bloody war did slay
Over the hills and far away?
Where skies fall black with shell and bomb
In Wipers, Arras and the Somme
The King commanded, they obeyed
Over the hills and far away

How shall we now lead happy lives,
We orphaned babes and widowed wives?
What hopes have we now? None can say,
They’re over the hills and far away
Where skies fall black with shell and bomb
In Wipers, Arras and the Somme
The King expects our lives we’ll lay
Over the hills and far away

Ten shillings then and nothing more
Is what poor Tom died fighting for
And half of that for tax I’ll pay
Over the hills and far away
Where skies fall black with shell and bomb
In Wipers, Arras and the Somme
The king demands yet he won’t pay
Over the hills and far away

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from FC1 - The Breeze on the Meadow, released November 18, 2022

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