Led Zeppelin Songs - Over The Hills And Far Away Lyrics

Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away

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Album: Houses Of The Holy
Released: 1973

Over The Hills And Far Away Lyrics

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This evolved from the Yardbirds song "White Summer," an acoustic solo by Jimmy Page. Many of the same riffs and chords are in it. After The Yardbirds broke up, Led Zeppelin continued to play "White Summer" live. (thanks, Bartholemew - Cork, Ireland)

This was one of the few Led Zeppelin songs released as a single in the US. It made it only to #51.

The music was inspired by Jimmy Page's Celtic ancestry.

This began as an instrumental. Robert Plant came up with backing tracks and then lyrics.

Plant's lyrics were inspired by the J.R.R. Tolkien book The Hobbit , and to Tolkein's 1915 poem of the same name . "Over The Hills And Far Away" describes the adventure the Hobbits embark on.

Page and Plant started writing this in 1970 at Bron-yr-Aur, the cottage in Wales they went to after a grueling US tour. It had no electricity or running water.

There's an old English song called "Over The Hills And Far Away" that dates back to the 18th century (It appears in John Gay's play The Beggar's Opera). This might be where the band got the title. (thanks, Mason - Greenville, NC)

If you listen closely, you can hear an acoustic guitar playing throughout the song. (thanks, Marshall - Gallatin, TN)