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Originally Posted by Sam Hall
no, that song is on The Man Comes Around.
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I don't know that one, hold on
here we go;
Sam Hall” is an old
English folk song. Prior to the mid 19th century it was called “Jack Hall”, after an infamous English thief, who was hanged in 1707 at
Tyburn. Jack Hall’s parents sold him as a climbing boy for one guinea, which is why most versions of the song identify Sam or Jack Hall as a chimney sweep. There are many versions of the song that have been collected at different periods. Comic Minstrel C.W. Ross adapted one in the 1850s, and changed the name from “Jack Hall” to “Sam Hall”. The song also appears to have been adapted to fit the region it was sung in; some versions refer to Sam Hall being hung at
Tyburn, some at
Cootehill. Also it is unclear what, if any, uncouth language was original to the song. Various versions have Sam Hall call his executionors “muckers”, “****ers”, “buggers”, “muggers”, or “bastards”.
To add to the confusion, the song is associated with the folk song “Captain Kidd”, aka “Robert Kidd”, as
William Kidd was executed in the same year. The songs have similar metre and style, and it is unknown which came first.
The song, performed by
Terry Gilkyson, was the main musical theme of the
1956 film
Star in the Dust directed by
Charles Hall, with
John Agar,
Mamie van Doren and
Charles Boone as Sam Hall in the main roles.
Poul Anderson's 1953 novelette "Sam Hall" features a disgruntled bureaucrat that creates fake records about a rebel named Sam Hall (after the song) that fights against the totalitarian government.
ok, it's in there, so I guessed wrong, it wasn't about the diver??
