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Thread #9484   Message #3833496
Posted By: GUEST
19-Jan-17 - 02:54 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Req: Ballad of Sam Hall
Subject: Lyr Add: MY NAME 'TIS BEN HALL
Well, the way I knew it which is the way my uncle played it on guitar back in the 80's so I can only remember a bit. He always played it as WELL MY NAME 'TIS BEN HALL. I see that most know it as Sam Hall, but this is what I remember:

Well, my name 'tis Ben Hall, 'tis Ben Hall.
Well, my name 'tis Ben Hall
And I hate you one and all,
You're a bunch of buggers all.
Damn your eyes, blast your soul, up you all, big and small, damn your eyes.

Well, there is a tale to tell, tale to tell.
Well, there is a tale to tell
And there's bastards here as well,
They can go to fucking hell.
Damn your eyes, blast your soul, up you all, big and small, damn your eyes.

Well, they say I'm gunna swing, gunna swing.
Well, they say I'm gunna swing,
With a length of fucking string,
What a bloody awful thing.
Damn your eyes, blast your souls, up you all, big and small, damn your eyes.

-BMC