Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep, chimney sweep  Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep  Oh my name it is Sam Hall and I've robbed both great and small  And my neck will pay for all when I die, when I die  And my neck will pay for all when I die    I have twenty pounds in store, that's not all, that's not all  I have twenty pounds in store, that's not all  I have twenty pounds in store and I'll rob for twenty more  For the rich must help the poor, so must I, so must I  For the rich must help the poor, so must I    Oh they took me to Cootehill in a cart, in a cart  Oh they took me to Cootehill in a cart  Oh they took me to Cootehill where I stopped to make my will  Saying the best of friends must part, so must I, so must I  Saying the best of friends must part, so must I    Up the ladder I did grope, that's no joke, that's no joke  Up the ladder I did grope, that's no joke  Up the ladder I did grope and the hangman pulled the rope  And ne'er a word I spoke, tumbling down, tumbling down  And ne'er a word I spoke tumbling down    Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep, chimney sweep  Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep  Oh my name it is Sam Hall and I've robbed both great and small  And my neck will pay for all when I die, when I die  And my neck will pay for all when I die