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17th Sep 2012, 11:15

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GreenKnight121

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Originally Posted by CoffmanStarter

Sam ...

How spooky ... seeing Sam Hall on a photo of a Spitfire. I knew a BoB Spit pilot PO R.M.D. Hall DFC who was affectionately know as Sam Hall. Sadly he died some years back.

Thought you might be interested ...

PO Sam Hall

Best regards ...

Coff.

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Originally Posted by Chugalug2

Spookier still:
Sam Hall

Johnny Cash performed the song on Sings the Ballads of the True West (1965) and American IV: The Man Comes Around(2002). The 2002 version was often used by the band Flogging Molly as an intro for their concerts.

Of course, Johnny attributed it as an Old West song, not an even older British song.

I personally prefer the 1965 version, he sang it with more emotion & character back then (when he was a drug-addicted 33-year-old, not a dying from diabetes 70-year-old).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nd%2C_Fife.JPG

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