Here's a link to a previous Mudcat thread which has some hair raising verses of Sam Hall, plus other relevant material - Origins: Damn your eyes:

W G Ross sang it night after night from about 1848 to 1850 at the Cyder Cellars in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden. The Cyder Cellars, the Coal Hole and one or two other 'caves of harmony' were notorious in an earlier time, particularly around the 1820s/30s... 'Sam Hall' certainly had a reputation for being blasphemous ... But the shock came from Ross's skill in presenting the image of a condemned man facing his last hours of life with furious defiance against God, the law and mankind in general. This was the 'blasphemy' that stuck in the throats of good and pure souls (many of whom had never actually heard the song).   Ross's 'Damn yer eyes!' and his address to Mollie in the crowd ('Well, ain't you bleedin proud') made the flesh creep.(GUEST,Billy Weeks)