Misc Traditional – Boys Of Bedlam (Guitar)
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[VERSE 1]
Dm C Am For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam F C Dm Ten thousand miles I've traveled Dm C Am Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes F C Dm For to save her shoes from gravel.
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 2]
Dm C Am I went down to Satan's kitchen F C Dm For to get me food one morning Dm C Am And there I got souls piping hot F C Dm All on the spit a-turning
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 3]
Dm C Am And there I took up cauldron F C Dm Where boiled ten thousand harlots Dm C Am Though full of flame I drank the same F C Dm To the health of all such varlets
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 4]
Dm C Am My staff has murdered giants F C Dm My bag a long knife carries Dm C Am For to cut mince pies from children's thighs F C Dm And feed them to the fairies
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 5]
Dm C Am The spirits white as lightening F C Dm Would on me travels guide me Dm C Am The stars would shake and the moon would quake F C Dm Whenever they espied me
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 6]
Dm C Am And when that I'll be murdering F C Dm The Man in the Moon to the powder Dm C Am His staff I'll break, his dog I'll shake F C Dm And there'll howl no demon louder
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 7]
Dm C Am No gypsy, slut or doxy F C Dm Shall win my mad Tom from me Dm C Am I'll weep all night, with stars I'll fight F C Dm The fray shall well become me
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 8]
Dm C Am So drink to Tom O’Bedlam F C Dm Go fill the seas in barrels Dm C Am I’ll drink it all well brewed with gall F C Dm And Maudlin drunk we’ll quarrel
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 9]
Dm C Am For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam F C Dm Ten thousand years I have traveled Dm C Am Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes F C Dm For to save her shoes from gravel.
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[OPTIONAL VERSE 10]
Dm C Am Now I repent that ever F C Dm Poor Tom was so disdain'd Dm C Am My wits were lost when him I cross't F C Dm Which makes me go thus chain'd
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
[OPTIONAL VERSE 11]
Dm C Am My horn is made of thunder F C Dm I stole it out of heaven Dm C Am The rainbow there is this I wear F C Dm For which I thence was driven
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.
{OPTIONAL VERSE 12]
Dm C Am And now that I have gotten F C Dm A lease than doomsday longer Dm C Am To live on earth with some in mirth F C Dm Ten whales shall ease my hunger
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys F C Dm Bedlam boys are bonny Dm C Am For they all go bare and they live by the air F C Dm And they want no drink nor money.