The Night I Stole Old Sammy Morgan's Gin Song Lyrics and Chords
The Night I Stole Old Sammy Morgan's Gin Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
The Night I Stole Old Sammy Morgan's Gin
Written and Recorded by Hank Snow
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Listen folks and I will
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tell a funny
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story
You may think it sad but I was in my
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glory
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Twas a cellar I crept in cob
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webs brushing by my chin
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night I stole old
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Sammy Morgan's
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gin
As my hand fell on the
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jug I had to
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snicker
But when I started for the door I went much
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quicker
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For just up above my head some
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one jumped right out of bed
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night I stole old
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Sammy Morgan's
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As I left that cellar be
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lieve me I was
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lifting
And the hops from one arm to the other
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shifting
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Then I stopped and hauled the plug sat
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there till I drained the jug
Had my
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mind all set no
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spare drops I was
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missing
Then on my feet I
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thought I was but
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wasn't
And for roads I guess I saw about a
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dozen
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When I reached the old porch door I
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went smack-o on the floor
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night I stole old
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Sammy Morgan's
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I just made one step and
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landed in the
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coal
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Then from off the mantle came a Big Ben
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alarm
clock
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But I finally got upstairs after
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passing seven bears
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night I stole old
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Sammy Morgan's
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By my bedroom door an
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owl stood taking
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tickets
Then the monkey stood before me baking
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biscuits
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But the funniest sight of all was
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two roosters playing ball
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night I stole old
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Sammy Morgan's
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I saw mice as big as
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horses washing
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dishes
As an ape came in the door dressed up in
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britches
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Then the floor fell on my head as
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I tried to get in bed
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night I stole old
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Sammy Morgan's
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Well I woke next morning
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guess twas closer
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evening
And my room was certainly in an awful
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shape
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Someone else had took my head and
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left an elephant's there instead
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morning after
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drinking Sammy's
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gin
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Night I Stole Old Sammy Morgan's Gin?
- The song The Night I Stole Old Sammy Morgan's Gin was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
