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JACK HALL My name it is Jack Hall, chimney sweep, chimney sweep, My name it is Jack Hall, chimney sweep, My name it is Jack Hall, And I rob both great and small, But my life must pay for all, When I die, when I die. But my life must pay for all, When I die. I've furnished all my room, that's no joke, that's no joke. I've furnished all my room, that's no joke. I've furnished all my room, Both with shovels and birch brooms Besides a chimney pot that I stole, That I stole, that I stole, Besides a chimney pot that I stole. I sold candles in the Jail short of weight, short of weight, I sold candles in the Jail short of weight. But the candles that I sold, They would light me to the hold, They would light me to the hold, Where I lay, where I lay, They would light me to the hold Where I lay. They told me in the Jail, I should die, I should die They told me in the Jail I should die, Oh! they told me in the Jail I should drink no more brown ale, But the ale will never fail More shall I, more shall I, But the ale will never fail, More shall I. As we goes up Holborn Hill in a cart, in a cart, As we goes up Holborn hill in a cart; As we goes up Holborn Hill, At St. Giles we did fill, Then for old Tyburn We depart, we depart, Then for old Tyburn, We depart. The ladder and the rope went up and down, up and down. The ladder and the rope went up and down, Oh! the ladder and the rope, My collar bone they broke. And a devil a word I spoke come down, Coming down, coming down, And a devil a word I spoke Coming down. Bodleian Ballads, Harding B 15(145a), printed by Birt, London, c. 1833-1851. Although this was the time of W. G. Ross, I wouldn't swear that either ballad is the one used by Ross; undoubtedly, however, his performance inspired these broadsides. DT #420 Laws L5 @outlaw filename[ SAMHALL6 XX Feb07 |
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