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Thread #51308   Message #782480
Posted By: Snuffy
12-Sep-02 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sam Hall
Subject: RE: Sam Hall
Bert, it must be nearly 40 years since I last heard it when I was in the Cadets at school - that accounts for me missing out a line. It should be:

Oh, his name was Nobby Hall, Nobby Hall
Yes, his name was Nobby Hall, Nobby Hall
His name was Nobby Hall and he only had one ball
But that's better than fuck all,
Damn your eyes, blast your soul, bloody hell.

The next verse was definitely "They say he killed his wife", but then it gets hazy. Can't say any other verses in the version you linked to sound familiar, but they were in a similar vein. Each verse had three rhymes and the "Damn you eyes" bit.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.

WassaiL! V