Mad Tom of Bedlam

Lyrics

For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam Ten thousand miles I've travelled Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes To save her shoes from gravel Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money I went down to Satan's Kitchen For to break my fast one morning And there I got souls piping hot All on the spits a-turning Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money The spirit hot as lightening Did on that journey guide me The sun did shake and the pale moon quake Wherever they did spy me Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money My staff has murdered giants And my pack a long knife carries For to slice mince pies from children's thighs From which to feed the faeries Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money Tonight I'll go a murdering The man in the moon to a powder His dog I'll shake and his staff I'll break And there'll howl no demon louder Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money To see Mad Tom of Bedlam Ten thousand miles I've travelled Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes To save her shoes from gravel Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys Bedlam boys are bonney For they all go bare, and they live in the air And they want no drink nor money