The Boys of Bedlam
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For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I travel
Mad Tom walks on dirty toes
To save his shoes from gravel
Oh, get well, I sing
Bonny boy, bonny mad boy
Bedlam boys are bonny
They all go bare, and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
I went down to Satan's kitchen
To get me food for the morning
And there I got souls piping hot
While on the spits a-turning
Oh, get well, I sing
Bonny boy, bonny mad boy
Bedlam boys are bonny
They all go bare, and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
My staff hath murdered giants
And back a long knife carries
To cut mince pies from children's thighs
With which to feed the fairies
Oh, get well, I sing
Bonny boy, bonny mad boy
Bedlam boys are bonny
They all go bare, and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
The spirit hard as lightening
Would on my travels guide me
The moon would shake, the stars would quake
Whenever they espied me
Oh, get well, I sing
Bonny boy, bonny mad boy
Bedlam boys are bonny
They all go bare, and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
No gypsy's lot of doxy
Shall win my mad Tom from me
We'll weep all night, the stars will fight
And the fray shall well become me
Oh, get well, I sing
Bonny boy, bonny mad boy
Bedlam boys are bonny
They all go bare, and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
And then when I have murdered
The man in the moon to a powder
His staff I'll break, and his back I'll shake
And bear no demon louder
Oh, get well, I sing
Bonny boy, bonny mad boy
Bedlam boys are bonny
They all go bare, and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
Oh, get well, I sing
Bonny boy, bonny mad boy
Bedlam boys are bonny
They all go bare, and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money