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“Over the Hills & Far Away”

Many left home on that fateful journey and many, including Edward Thomas, never returned. Thomas enlisted in the British Army in 1915 and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917, shortly after he arrived in France. The Gypsy boy, alas, had the gift of prophesy, at least in his choice of songs, or the strange encounter gave the poet a glimpse of what was to come.

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