The repeated lines in this song have inspired many variations over the years:

...Yes, my name it is Sam Hall, and I hate you one and all.
You're a bunch of muckers all,
God damn your eyes!

...Yes, I killed a man, 'tis said, so 'tis said.
I shot him in the head, just to fill his mind with lead,
And I left him there for dead,
God damn his eyes!

...Yes, they put me in a cell,
And the jailer treats me well --
I'll be seeing him in hell,...

...Yes, the parson, he did come, he did come,
And he looked so bloody glum, as he talked of Kingdom Come --
He can kiss my ruddy bum,...

...Yes, the sheriff he came too, he came too,
With his little boys in blue, Lord, they were a bloody crew --
Well, now, he can kiss it too,...

...Now up the rope I go, up I go,
And those bastards down below, thinkin' it's a bloody show --
They'll say "Sam, we told you so,"
God damn their eyes!

...I saw my Nellie in the crowd, all dressed in blue.
Says my Nellie, dressed in blue, "Your trifling days are through;
Now I know that you'll be true,
God damn your eyes!"

...I saw my Nellie in the crowd, in the crowd.
She was looking stooped and bowed,
So I hollered right out loud,
"Say, Nellie, ain't you proud?
God damn your eyes!"

...Yes now in heaven I dwell, in heaven I dwell,
And the truth it is to tell that it is a bloody sell --
All the whores are down in hell,
God damn their eyes!