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Sam Hall  (trad C19 origins/Australia/Jack Hall)

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Oh me name it is Sam Hall, chimney sweep, chimney sweep,

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Oh me name it is Sam Hall, chimney sweep,

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Oh me name it is Sam Hall, and I’ve robbed both great and small,

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And me neck will pay for all, when I die, when I die,

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And me neck will pay for all, when I die.

I have twenty pounds in store, that’s not all, that’s not all,

I have twenty pounds in store, that’s not all,

I have twenty pounds in store, and I’ll rob for twenty more,

For the rich must help the poor, so must I, so must I,

For the rich must help the poor, so must I.

Now I killed a man they said, so they said, so they said
Oh I killed a man they said, so they said
Oh I killed a man they said, cracked him oe’er the head,
That I left him lying there, lying dead, lying there,
And I left him lying dead, lying there.

Oh they took me to Boot Hill, in a cart, in a cart,

Oh they took me to Boot Hill, in a cart,

Oh they took me to Boot Hill, where I stopped to make my will,

Saying the best of friends must part, so must I, so must I,

Saying the best of friends must part, so must I.

Up the ladder I did grope, that’s no joke, that’s no joke,

Up the ladder I did grope, that’s no joke,

Up the ladder I did grope, and the hangman pulled the rope,

Oh and ne’er a word I spoke, tumbling down, tumbling down,

Oh and ne’er a word I spoke, tumbling down.

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