JACK HALL (Trad arr Bliss) - as recorded by The Pipers Sons on Mixed Moss Tom Bliss: voice, guitars, Tom Napper: voice, mandolin, Tony Taffinder: voice, bass, whistle, Chris Parkinson, accordion, voice. This song dates from 1701 when the English chimney sweep Jack Hall was hanged at Tyburn. The comic minstrel CW Ross made a new tune in the 1850s and renamed it Sam Hall. This borrows from the words of both, but uses a third tune made famous in The Dubliners ‘Irishised’ version. Oh my name it is Jack Hall, chimney sweep And I've robbed both great and small And my neck shall pay for all, when I die
I have twenty pounds in store, that's not all And I'll rob for twenty more, For the rich must feed the poor, so must I
I have candles lily white, hanging high, And I robbed them all by night And they’ll fill my cell with light, till I go
Well I rode to Tyburn Hill, in a cart And I stopped to make my will Saying the best of friends must part, so farewell
Up the ladder I did grope, that's no joke And the hangman fixed the rope Ah but never a word I spoke, tumbling down
Recorded by The Pipers Sons on Mixed Moss | ||