For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam,
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Ten thousand miles I've travelled
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Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
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For to save her shoes from gravel
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It's well that we sing bonney boys
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Bonney mad boys
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Bedlam boys are bonney
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For they all go bare, and they live in the air
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And they want no drink nor money
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I went down to Satan's Kitchen
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For to break my fast one morning
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And there I got souls piping hot
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All on the spit a-turning
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It's well that we sing bonney boys
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Bonney mad boys
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Bedlam boys are bonney
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For they all go bare, and they live in the air
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And they want no drink nor money
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A spirit howled as lightning
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Did on that journey guide me
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The sun did shake and the pale moon quake
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Whenever they did spy me
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And it's well that we sing bonney boys
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Bonney mad boys
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Bedlam boys are bonney
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For they all go bare, and they live in the air
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And they want no drink nor money
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My staff has murdered giants
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And my pack a long knife carries
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For to slice mince pies from children's thighs,
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From which to feed the faeries
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It's well that we sing bonney boys
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Bonney mad boys
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Bedlam boys are bonney
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For they all go bare, and they live in the air
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And they want no drink nor money
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Tonight I'll go a-murdering
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The man in the moon to a powder
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His dog I'll shake and his staff I'll break
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And I'll howl a wee bit louder
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It's well that we sing bonney boys
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Bonney mad boys
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Bedlam boys are bonney
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For they all go bare, and they live in the air
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And they want no drink nor money
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To see Mad Tom of Bedlam,
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Ten thousand miles I've travelled
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Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes,
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To save her shoes from gravel
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It's well that we sing bonney boys
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Bonney mad boys
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Bedlam boys are bonney
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For they all go bare, and they live in the air
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And they want no drink nor money
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Mad Tom of Bedlam
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| Jolie Holland |
