The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4760 Message #1085063
Posted By: LadyJean
02-Jan-04 - 11:45 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sam Hall
Subject: RE: Origins: Sam Hall
Sam Hall was a teenage chimney sweep, who was hanged for stealing some small items, (I think it was some silverware) from one of the houses where he was working. Steeleye Span said, "He was probably like one of the old time rock and rollers, looked dangerous, but not an ounce of harm in him."
I keep picturing a skinny kid on his way to a nasty end cursing the crowd with all the force he can muster. It isn't a happy picture.