Bedlam Boys

To see Mad Tom of Bedlam

Ten thousand miles I traveled

Maudlin goes on dirty toes

For to save her shoes from gravel

Yet will I sing Bonny boys, bonny mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonny

For they all go bare

And they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money

I went to Pluto's kitchen

To break my fast one morning

And there I got souls piping hot

That on the spit were turning

Still I sing Bonny boys, Bonny mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonny

For they all go bare

And they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money

My staff has murdered giants

My pack the long knife carries

To cut mince pies from children's thighs

With which to feed the fairies

Yet will I sing Bonny boys, bonny mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonny

For they all go bare

And they live in 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 will howl no demon louder

Still I sing, bonny boys, bonny mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonny

For they all go bare

and they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money

Still I sing, bonny boys, bonny mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonny

For they all go bare

And they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money