re nobby hall :in the version I remember the position of nobby's other ball is firmly located in the last line of each stanza as being "hanging on the wall" .Thus Stanza 1: His name was Nobby Hall and he only had one ball/and the other one was hanging on the wall Stanza 2: o they say he stabbed his wife stabbed his wife stabbed his wife /they say he stabbed his wife but it wasn't with a knife/and the other one was hanging on the wall etcetc.