Talk:Sam Hall (song)

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Hello, my name is Lincoln R. Maiztegui Casas, and my email address is linmaica@hotmail.com. I saw your articule about the folk song "Sam Hall", and I want to make a contribution. These very known song was the main musical theme of the film "Star in the dust", 1956, directed by Charles Hall, with John Agar, Mamie van Dooren and Charles Boone ("Sam Hall") in the main roles. The song is sung by Terry Gilkyson. I think it should be usefull add this information to your article. Thank you Lincoln R. Maiztegui Casas -- 09:07, 2 April 2006‎ 24.250.166.138

"Oscar Brand performs the song on Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads (vol.1, 1951)."

I own this Lp and it gives a copyright date of 1955, so I changed the entry. - Wes Clark

Additional Performances of the song
Poor Angus, a band located in Ontario, Canada also performs their version of "Sam Hall" on their self-titled album.

iTunes Store Link: --Inari (talk) 02:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Storing a link

 * http://asjournal.zusas.uni-halle.de/archive/50/86.html

for further study. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 07:08, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Lyrics
Many versions of the lyrics should be out of copyright... AnonMoos (talk) 08:50, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Country of Origin
Can it be verified that the song is specifically from Ireland? I can't find any information that says anything more precise than it's from the British Isles.
 * I wondered about this too - other than the declaration in the opening that it’s Irish, the subject matter aeems to suggest otherwise - it may be included in a collection of ballads and found in Ireland, but the article sugests that it traveled the world in its day. Is it not more likely it originated in England, and is it not the same song as “Jack Hall”, [|mentioned here]? Jock123A (talk) 16:33, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

http://www.mustrad.org.uk/vop/notes178.htm The Mustrad notes say "It's appeal seems to have been limited to England and the USA, and there have been only six sound recordings made." i.e. there is no mention of an Irish source. I have therefore removed the word "Ireland" from the first paragraph in "History". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.229.83 (talk) 20:39, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Eric Clapton
Royal Festival Hall Feb 2023, Transatlantic Sessions. Eric Clapton made a guest appearance and sang Sam Hall. 2A01:4C8:1045:83E1:8816:861A:2764:E502 (talk) 08:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Two different songs.
This article seems to conflate two different if similar songs. One is the American country song that was made famous by Tex Ritter, later covered by Johnny Cash, and the other a traditional English folk song, the most famous version being recorded by the Dubliners. Though they both start with the refrain "my name it is Sam Hall" and are a first person account of a criminal being hanged for his crimes, they actually have different lyrics, melody and chord structure. 148.197.44.199 (talk) 16:11, 24 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Yep, does seem related, but a different song. I'll try to move the ones I can identify into a new section. -- Yodin T 11:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)