Talk:Over the Hills and Far Away (traditional)

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I admit I am a bit lost - what wars does the text in the George Farquhar version refer to when mentioning "Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain"? I don't remener any other war than the Napoleonic one where Britain fought in these countries ... Who can help me? Olagorie 18:39, 16 August 2006 (UTC)olagorie

The song originated during the War of the Spanish Succession, during which British forces fought both in Spain and Portugal and in Flanders (under the Duke of Marlborough). The line "King George commands and we obey" was orginally "Queen Anne commands and we obey. Martin McCann 19:04, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted what looked like a verbatim press release about a piece of art which shared the name of this song. There may be a better place for the subject of that press release, but I don't think it's on this page. Elperlman 14:14, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Nightwish" version

According to Nightwish - Highest Hopes (The Best Of Nightwish) this is not an original Nightwish rendition, but a cover of the Gary Moore version. I don't think this counts as "traditional" either, being a new arrangement with new lyrics. Gary Moore being alive and well still, this is still subject to copyright. Since this is non-free material I'm going to remove the lyrics for now. Thee darcy (talk) 20:47, 21 May 2008 (UTC)