Boys of Bedlam

For to see mad Tom of Bedlam

Ten thousand miles I'd travel

Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes

For to save her shoes from gravel

Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money

I went down to Satan's kitchen

For to get me food one morning

And there I got souls piping hot

All on the spit a-turning

Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money

Me staff has murdered giants

And me bag a long knife carries

For to cut mince pies from children's thighs

With which to feed the fairies

Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money

This spirit's white as lightning

Would on me travels guide me

The moon would shake and the stars would quake

When ever they espied me

Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money

And when that I have murdered

The man in the moon to a powder

His staff I'll break and his dog I'll shake

And there'll howl no demon louder

Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonni

For they all go bare and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money

For to see mad Tom of Bedlam

Ten thousand years I'd travel

Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes

For to save her shoes from gravel

Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money