Sam Hill (1832?)

[Wilson Gray]

That's the version of "Sam Hall" that I remember from the ASF story, except
that the last line was censored, so that "I hate you one and all" was the
last line. When I was a kid, my stepfather brought home a Josh White album.
I remember "Waltzing Matilda" and "Molly Malone" from the LP that we had.
--
-Wilson

On 12/22/05, Tom Kysilko <pds at visi.com> wrote:
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> Sam Hall was the subject of a song on a Josh White album we inherited from
> my wife's father.
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> My name it is Sam Hall, it is Sam Hall.
> My name it is Sam Hall, it is Sam Hall.
> My name it is Sam Hall, and I hate you one and all.
> God damn your eyes!
>
> --Tom Kysilko
>
> At 12/21/2005 06:20 PM -0500, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >I can't tell whether your comment is facetious or not, Barry, but isn't
> Sam
> >_Hall_ the labor guy? There was a story featuring (a folksong about) him
> in
> >Astounding back in the '50's, IIRC.
> >
> >-Wilson
> >
> >On 12/21/05, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> > > Subject:      Sam Hill (1832?)
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> > > What does OED, HDAS have? I think I just saw Sam Hill on
> strike  today.
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > _A  JOCKIED FRENCHMAN._=3D20
> > > (
> > >
> http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=3D3D2&did=3D3D752121462&SrchMode=3D3=
> >D1&sid=3D
> > >
> > >
> =3D3D1&Fmt=3D3D10&VInst=3D3DPROD&VType=3D3DPQD&RQT=3D3D309&VName=3D3DHNP&=
> >TS=3D3D1135202961=3D
> > > &c
> > > lientId=3D3D65882)=3D20
> > > Boston Masonic Mirror  (1830-1834). Boston: Jan 7, 1832. Vol. 3, Iss.
> 28;
> > > p.=3D
> > > =3D20
> > > 221 (1 page)  :
> > > Sare, de gar, you be one grand rascalle--you lie like Sam--like
> > > Sam--vat  yo=3D
> > > u=3D20
> > > call the leetle mountain?"
> > > ...
> > > "Sam Hill, I suppose you mean."
> > > ...
> > > "Oui, Monsieur--Sam de Hill--yes, sar, you lie like two Sam Hill."
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > (OED)
> > > Sam Hill
> > > N. Amer. slang.
> > > =3D20
> > > A euphemism for hell; used especially  in expressions of impatience
> or=3D=
> >20
> > > irritation preceded by in or the  with an interrogative word. =3D20
> > > 1839  Havana (N.Y.) Republican 21 Aug.  1/4 What in sam hill is that
> > > feller=3D20
> > > ballin' about? 1868  _J. T.  TROWBRIDGE_=3D20
> > > (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t2.html#j-t-trowbridge
> )  Three
> > > Scou=3D
> > > ts vi. 26 When you  might a'married!why=3D20
> > > in Sam Hill didn't ye, then?
> 1894  _=3DE2=3D80=3D98MARK  TWAIN=3DE2=3D80=
> >=3D99_=3D20
> > > (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t2.html#mark-twain)  in St.
> > > Nichola=3D
> > > s Jan. 257/2 Hateful =3D20
> > > people..giving me Sam Hill because I shirked. 1909  N.Y. Even. Post.
> 10
> > > Apr.=3D
> > > (Sat.=3D20
> > > Suppl.) 3/5 How in Sam Hill can she do it? She's just as hot when she
> get=
> >s
> > > t=3D
> > > o =3D20
> > > bilin' p'int as she'll ever be. 1918  _M. E. FREEMAN_=3D20
> > > (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-f2.html#m-e-freeman
> )  Edgewater
> > > Peo=3D
> > > ple 314 What in Sam  Hill=3D20
> > > made you treat him so durned mean fur? 1927  W. R. JAMES  Cow Country
> 77
> > > Wha=3D
> > > t=3D20
> > > the Sam Hill  do you think we are out here, servants? 1948  Salt Lake
> > > Tribun=3D
> > > e=3D20
> > > 18 Dec. 10/7  He wondered who the Sam Hill the
> =3DE2=3D80=3D98senator=3DE=
> >2=3D80=3D99
> > > was=3D
> > > . 1962  _H. =3D20
> > > GREEN_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-g2.html#h-green)  Time
> to
> > > pa=3D
> > > ss=3D20
> > > Over xii. 147 Why  in the samhill didn't you step in and stop them,
> > > Mike.  1=3D
> > > 973 =3D20
> > > B. BROADFOOT Ten Lost Years xxiii. 262 He  probably never could have
> > > figured=3D
> > > =3D20
> > > what the Sam Hill was going  on.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >-Wilson Gray
>



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-Wilson Gray