2022-04: Sam Hall - The Porters
This is an English folk song about an unrepentant criminal condemned to death for robbing the rich to feed the poor, who uses his final moments to curse the crowd and authorities watching him hang.
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Lyrics
Sam Hall - The Porters
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've robbed both great And small And my neck will pay for all when I die, when I die And my 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.
Oh they brought me to Cootehill in a cart, in a cart Oh they brought me to Cootehill in a cart Oh they brought me to Cootehill there I stopped to make.
My will For the best of friends must part, so must I, so must I For 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 a ne'er a word I spoke, tumbling down, tumbling down Oh a ne'er a word I spoke tumbling down.
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've robbed both great And small And my neck will pay for all when I die, when I die And my neck will pay for all when I die.
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