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Lyr Req: Sam Hall / Chimney Sweep (Oh my name...)

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dshaffer13@hotmail.com 04 Apr 99 - 11:09 PM
Bruce O. 04 Apr 99 - 11:36 PM
GUEST,John Van Peenen 31 Oct 04 - 05:33 PM
gecko 31 Oct 04 - 06:13 PM
Big Jim from Jackson 31 Oct 04 - 09:00 PM
Bill Hahn//\\ 31 Oct 04 - 09:07 PM
Fiolar 01 Nov 04 - 08:40 AM
Flash Company 01 Nov 04 - 10:30 AM
Lighter 01 Nov 04 - 10:40 AM
Lighter 01 Nov 04 - 10:49 AM
GUEST,BILL Kennedy 01 Nov 04 - 10:56 AM
Irish sergeant 01 Nov 04 - 04:53 PM
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Subject: Sam Hall, Chiimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: dshaffer13@hotmail.com
Date: 04 Apr 99 - 11:09 PM

Where can a guy find this song, words and/or tune?


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chiimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: Bruce O.
Date: 04 Apr 99 - 11:36 PM

Song by G. W. Ross, c 1849. It's in Ed Cray's 'The Erotic Muse', 2nd ed., p. 43 ff, 1992, with music. See also an old thread here. On homepage here under Filter put Sam Hall, and Age, 360 days


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: GUEST,John Van Peenen
Date: 31 Oct 04 - 05:33 PM

I gather you have the lyrics and variations of "The Ballad of Samuel Hall" that begins "Oh, my name is Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall, and I hate you one and all, you're a bunch of muckers all, damn your eyes, curse your souls....." I wonder if you could enmail them to me. Thanks John Van Peenen


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: gecko
Date: 31 Oct 04 - 06:13 PM

What hilarious memories I have of this session ballad sung with gusto at Australian (NT)Folk Festivals - mostly late at night when we've all had more than our fair share of the amber liquid or other lubricating fluids!


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: Big Jim from Jackson
Date: 31 Oct 04 - 09:00 PM

The Vipers had a nice version of Sam Hall. It can be found on a 3 CD set by Bear Family Records. Once in a while it comes up on eBay on a record by The Soho Skiffle Group. That is really the Vipers on a recording issued in the USA but not using their name.


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: Bill Hahn//\\
Date: 31 Oct 04 - 09:07 PM

Funny thing---I just played this on my program today---the Oscar Brand Version. Thoughm, in that one he was not a chimney sweep---a killer---Damn your eyes--one and all, as Sam Hall states before his hanging.

Check Oscar Brand's site (I assume he has one) for his lyrics. It is on his Bawdy Songs and Back Room Ballads.

Bill Hahn


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: Fiolar
Date: 01 Nov 04 - 08:40 AM

Bill Hahn: I'm sure you're being polite about Oscar's version:
"I killed a man they said,
With a f*****g piece of lead;
Now the silly f****r's dead.
F**k 'em all."


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Subject: Lyr Add: SAM HALL
From: Flash Company
Date: 01 Nov 04 - 10:30 AM

The Immortal Ron Moody did this as a monologue:-

Oh me name it is Sam Hall, chimney sweep, chimney sweep,
Oh me name it is Sam Hall, chimney sweep
Oh me name it is Sam Hall, AND I HATE YER, one and all,
You're a load of bastards all, damn your eyes.

I have furnished all me rooms, thats no lie, thats no lie,
I have furnished all me rooms, thats no lie,
I have furnished all me rooms wi' black brushes an' black brooms,
And beside a chimbley pot, wot I stole, wot I stole,
And beside a chimbley pot wot I stole

Oh they tell me in this jail I must die, I must die,
Oh they tell me in this jail I must die,
Oh they tell me in this jail I will get no more strong ale
But in that I'll never fail, damn your eyes.

Oh I rode up Tyburn Hill in a cart, in a cart,
Oh I rode up Tyburn Hill in a cart,
Oh I rode up Tyburn Hill, and I stopped and had me gill,
Saying the best of friends must part, so must I, so must I,
Saying the best of friends must part, so must I

I saw Molly in the crowd, in the crowd, in the crowd,
I saw Molly in the crowd, in the crowd,
I saw Molly in the crowd an I shouted out aloud
MOLLY AI'NT YER BLOODY PRAHD, DAMN YOUR EYES

Up the ladder I must grope, that's no joke' thats no joke,
Up the ladder I must grope, thats no joke,
Up the ladder I must grope, an' Jack Ketch will pull the rope,
And I'll tell him as I CHOKE, DAMN YOUE EYaaaaghs!

If you can arrange for someone to hit the lights and plunge the place into darkness on the last word it is very effective!

FC


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: Lighter
Date: 01 Nov 04 - 10:40 AM

Cecil Sharp collected this song as "Jack Hall," without the curses. The first time I heard it blended with "Sam Hall" was on Dubliners album in the late sixties.


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: Lighter
Date: 01 Nov 04 - 10:49 AM

The LP I heard it on was most likely "At Home with the Dubliners" (EMI, 1969). Like later recordings, Sam Hall's name replaced Jack Hall's, but Sharp's text and tune were not, IIRC, very much changed.


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: GUEST,BILL Kennedy
Date: 01 Nov 04 - 10:56 AM

Carl Sandburg recorded a nice version of this

...God Damn your eyes....


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Subject: RE: Sam Hall, Chimney Sweep (Oh my name it is..)
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 01 Nov 04 - 04:53 PM

i heard it by the Irish Rovers without the curses but i sing it with the damn your eyes when I do it around the campfire. Neil


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