Sam Hall (song)

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Sam Hall is an old English folk song .

Song in the version of Tex Ritter (1936)

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Now my name is Samuel Hall,
Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall
Oh my name is Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall
Oh my name is Samuel Hall,
and I hate you one and all
You're a bunch of mucker's all
Blast your eyes.
You're a bunch of mucker's all
Blast your eyes.

Now I killed a man they said
So they said, so they said
Oh I killed a man they said
Yes they said
I killed a man they said
And I left him layin dead
Cause I bashed his bloody head
Blast his eyes.
Caused I bashed his bloody head
Blast his eyes.

Now they put me in the quad
In the quad, In the quad
Oh they put me in the quad, in the quad
Oh they put me in the quad
and they left me there by God
Fastened to a bloody chain rod
Blast there eyes.
Fastened to a bloody chain rod
Blast there eyes.

Now the preacher he did come
He did come, he did come
Oh the preacher he did come he did come
Oh the preacher he did come
And he looked so doggone glum
As he talked of Kingdom Come
Blast his eyes.
As he talked of Kingdom Come
Blast his eyes.

And the sheriff he come too
He come too, he come too
Oh the sheriff he come too he come too
Oh the sheriff he come too
With his yellow boys and blue
Sayin Sam I'll see you through
Blast your eyes.
Sayin Sam I'll see you through
Blast your eyes.

Oh it's up the rope I go I go I go
It's up the rope I go I go
Oh it's up the rope I go
While you critters down below
Are sayin Sam I told you so
Blast your eyes.
Are sayin Sam I told you so
Blast your eyes.

Oh it's swingin I must go
I must go I must go
It's a swingin I must go, I must go
It's a swingin I must go
Just because she loved him so
Just because she loved him so
Blast her eyes.
Just because she loved him so
Blast her eyes.

I must hang until I'm dead
Til I'm dead, Til I'm dead
I must hang until I'm dead
I must hang until dead
Caused I killed a man they said
And left him layin dead
Blast his eyes.
And left him layin dead
Blast his eyes.

Until the middle of the 19th century the song was called "Jack Hall" after a wicked English thief who was hanged in Tyburn (England) in 1701 or 1707 for burglary. According to Cecil J. Sharp , the song was written before 1719 because there is a reference to a "Chimney Sweep" tune that has the same rhythm as Jack Hall's release that year. The melody is associated with Admiral Benbow. Since Admiral John Benbow died in 1702, Jack Hall is believed to be the earlier tune. According to legend, Jack Hall's parents sold him as a chimney sweep for a Guinea. Therefore, Sam and Jack Hall is often so in this song as a "chimney sweep" chimney sweep named.

Many different versions have evolved through the different eras. The humorous singer CW Ross, for example, changed the title around 1850 from "Jack Hall" to "Sam Hall". It also seems that the song has certain differences depending on where it was sung. Most notably, the place of execution varies widely: some are singing, Sam Hall was executed in Tyburn, others swear it was Cootehill. To this day, it is not entirely certain whether there were some swear words in the original version. Different versions have Sam Hall call his executioners "muckers", "fuckers", "sodomites", "muggers", or "bastards". A more vulgar variant has become an enduring cultural phenomenon among US Air Force pilots known as "Sammy Small". Covered by Dos Gringos in 2006 on their album 2 , the lyrics have remained unchanged since the Vietnam War. To complete the confusion around the song, the Sam Hall is also often associated with the folk song Captain Kid or Robert Kidd , as William Kidd was executed in the same year and the metrics and style are very similar. However, which originated first is unclear. The song Ye Jacobites By Name also has similarities .

Performers

  • Eric Owens sings a version on the album Res gestae.
  • Johnny Cash sings the song on " Sings the Ballads of the True West " (1965) and " American IV: The Man Comes Around " (2002). The 2002 version was often used by the band Flogging Molly as an introduction to their concerts.
  • Frank Tovey sings the song on his album "Tyranny & the Hired Hand".
  • The Dubliners released a version.
  • Steeleye Span included the song (as "Jack Hall") on the album " Tempted and Tried " in 1989, and released it as a single in 1990.
  • The Swedish-Dutch troubadour Cornelis Vreeswijk made a Swedish translation called “Mördar-Anders” on his album Visor och oförskämdheter (Ballads and Insults, 1965), which also contained “Brev FrÅn Kolonien (Letter from the Colonies)”, a loose translation by Allan Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh".
  • Swill (also a member of The Men They Couldn't Hang) and the Swaggerband released a version of the song on their 2006 album " Doh, Ray, ME, ME, ME, me, me " with Cootehill as the place of execution.
  • Josh White released a version of the song.
  • Black 47 have a version of this song on their album " Green Suede Shoes, " which was released in 1996.
  • Nick Oliveri And The Mondo Generator recorded the song as a hidden track on the 2006 album " Dead Planet: SonicSlowMotionTrails ".
  • Poor Angus , a Canadian Celtic and folk band, sings a version of Sam Hall on their album of the same name.
  • Rocky Creek, a Dayton Ohio Celtic Bluegrass band, plays a version on Our Celtic Beginnings .
  • The Dregs , a band at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, plays the song on their CD Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?
  • Lynn Riggs included it in his 1931 play Green Grow the Lilacs , which would later be adapted with new songs as the Rogers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma ,
  • The German folk rock band Mahones plays the song on their album TAFKAHIM, released in 1997.
  • French singer Alain Bashung uses a French drum in the bass version of this song on his 1997 album Fantaisie Militaire . The song is called Samuel Hall and is written by Olivier Cadiot and Rodolphe Burger .
  • The self-proclaimed "steamcrunk" band Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys have a version of this song on their album Steamship Killers , which was released in 2010.
  • Tex Ritter has a version of the song on the album Blood on the Saddle .
  • Richard Thompson plays it live as a repeat on his CD 1000 Years of Popular Music .
  • The Pilgrims released a version of this song on their album, Here To Stay .
  • Oskar Brand plays the song on Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads (vol. 1, 1955). In concert, e.g. B. Le Hibou Kaffeehaus, Ottawa, 1966, Brand used the following words: “… My name is Samuel Hall, and I hate you one and all, You're a bunch of fuckers all, Goddamn your eyes, Son of a bitch, Shit . ” If a young person entered, Brand would translate it into "... Gall darn his eyes, Son of a Gun, Shucks." ("My name is Samuel Hall, and I hate all of you, you are a bunch of fuckers all, curse your eyes, son of a bitch, shit." Or "Bile-stuffed his eyes, son of a gun, pods, change." ").

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