YOUNG JIM HALL
There's young Jim Hall he has a fine gun
Tha say it weighs a ton,
And he will pull down Spalding Set
To have a bit of fun.
Chorus.
For the Halls they are upon the spre,
Tha'll do the best tha can,
And when tha goä to seä my boys
Tha means to shoot a swan.
And when tha hev got side by side
Tha moastly scheme and plan,
Tha meän to shoot either duck or goose
Or else another swan.
Jim, Bill an Tom was storking
At thousands of geese in a line,
Tha fired three guns before daylight
An killed ninety-nine.
(My eye! they did an' all.)
The old man larned the boys to shoot
Without any fere or doubt,
And young Jim Hall he was the man
Who made the Gun and Shout.[1]
There's young Ted Hall he's fond of life,
His diet is beäf and creäm
He cares nothing about shooting
He'd rayther goä by steäm.
Captain Rice, he's deäd an gone,
We hope he is at rest,
All his delight was guns and boäts,
And he always did his best.
He was a hearty old cock
As ever sailed on the sea.
He has paid for many a galling of ale
When he was in company.
Chorus.
For the Halls tha are upon the spre,
Tha'll do the best tha can,
An when tha goä to seä my boys
Tha meäns to shoot a swan.
- ↑ The 'shout' was a sort of flat-bottomed canoe, sometimes covered
fore and aft with canvas painted grey in which one man lay with his hands
over the sides so that by using short paddles he could approach the ducks
unseen. It is not likely that Hall made the gun, but no doubt he fitted it
to the shout.
