Mad Tom Of Bedlam Lyrics

Mad Tom Of Bedlam lyrics



For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam,

Ten thousand miles I've travelled

Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes

For to save her shoes from grave



Still I sing bonney boys, Bonney mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonney

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 bonney boys, Bonney mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonney

For they all go bare, and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money



The spirits white as lightening

Did on my travels guide me

The sun did shake and the moon would quake

Whenever they espied me



Still I sing bonney boys, Bonney mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonney

For they all go bare, and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money



My staff has murdered giants

And my bag a long knife carries

For the mince pies from children's thighs,

And feed them to the faeries



Still I sing bonney boys, Bonney mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonney

For they all go bare, and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money



Tonight I'll gonna murdering

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 bonney boys, Bonney mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonney

For they all go bare, and they live by 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,

For 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 by the air

And they want no drink nor money