Collected by Parler Don Edmonson
In Folklore Class Forrest City, Ark.
May 23, 1957
Reel 362, Item 11
Sam Hall
Oh, my name it is Sam Hall, it is Sam Hall,
Oh, my name it is Sam Hall, it is Sam Hall,
And I haate you one and all, and I hate you one and all,
God damn your eyes. 1.
Oh, I killed a man they say, so they say
Oh I beat his goddam head and I left him there for dead.
Well, the sheriff he did come, he did come,
With his little boys in blue, he says, son, I'll see you through The preacher he did come, he did come,
Well, he looked so goddam glum as he spoke of kingdom come.
I saw Molly in the crowd, in the crowd,
I hollered high and loud, 0 Molly ain't you proud?
Oh, it's up the rope I go, up I go,
All the buggars down below, they said Sam I told you so.
1. All stanzas follow the same pattern of repetition and refrain.