there's a certain hill outside of town called sam hill
and a certain guy used to go there every day
they said a certain girl lived up in sam hill
this certain guy would come down the hill a smilin'
headed back to town at the crack of dawn
and he had 'em all a wonderin' what he was doin'
wonderin' what in sam hill's goin' on
we knew this certain guy was not a goldminer
cause he never took a shovel or a pick
he only took a little box of candy
and disappeared in sam hill mighty quick
we tried to follow him to his destination
but he had a secret path and soon he was gone
and he had us all a wonderin' what he was doin'
wonderin' what in sam hill's goin' on
i know that you have wondered too about sam hill
you've probably asked what in sam hill's goin' on?"