Ah,
now we're all living for the gingerbread man
Who appears at the break of day
Carrying a basket of gingerbread
And travelling his merry way
Many a long night he's dredged all week
But he's happy as the day is long
With a head so full of ideas
All ten of ours so full of song
Ah, ah, ah
All the children would laugh with glee
Seeing his penny face
But the parents frown Cos they don't
like him singing Take their place
Anyone who sees this jealousy That makes the parents say
They talk too much to the gingerbread
man They're gonna stop that right away
So Sally Jones' father was appointed
by the others To approach the local law
To enforce section three of the street's
red-as-dark date In nineteen twenty-four
Nineteen twenty-four
Now when the children heard about the deed The
act was so quick and so cool They all ran away with
the gingerbread man On a Wednesday after school
Over the hills and far away
There is a land
where children play
And sun shines bright upon the shady trees
And soft music floats in on a summer breeze
Over the hills and way up high Floating
clouds of thistle down polishing the sky
And everyone there seems to be humming a tune Full
of candy floss and wishing wells are made to tune
It's alright
Over the hills far away from the town
You won't gain admission if you're wearing a frown
And no one is allowed in there who's going to debate
Stocks and chairs take over bids The
ladies in dressed reds all know now
So listen everybody won't you come along with me
You can see it if you close your eyes and listen carefully
There it is right now you hear it
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away