Samuel Small (Sam Hall) Oh my name is Samuel Small, Samuel Small Oh my Name is Samuel Small And I hate you one and all You're a gang of muckers all Damn your eyes Oh I killed a man they said, so they said Yes, I killed a man they said For I cracked him on the head And I left him there for dead Damn his eyes So they put me in the quad, in the quad Yes they put me in the quad With a chain and iron rod And they left me there, by God Damn their eyes And the parson he did come, he did come And the parson he did come And he looked so --- glum With his talk of kingdom come Damn his eyes And the sheriff he came too, he came too And the sheriff he came too With his boys all dressed in blue They're a gang o' muckers too Damn their eyes So it's up the rope ye go, up ye go So it's up the rope ye go With your friends all down below Saying, "Sam, I told you so" Damn their eyes Saw my Nellie in the crowd, in the crowd Saw my Nellie in the crowd And I hollered right out loud, "Needn't look so --- proud Damn yer eyes" So this'll be my knell, be my knell So this'll be my knell Hope to --- you go to hell Hope to --- you sizzle well Damn your eyes DT #420 Laws L5 see also Tallow Candles or Song of a Doomed Man printed in Folk Songs Out of Wisconsin SOF
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