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Boys of Bedlam

from Strangers at the Gate by Stranger Ways

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"Boys of Bedlam" is a traditional 18th-century English ballad. We perform it a capella, preceded by an original fiddle tune.

lyrics

For to see mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I'd travel
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel

CHORUS:
Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonnie,
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

CHORUS

Me staff has murdered giants
And me bag a long knife carries
For to cut mince pies from children's thighs
With which to feed the fairies

CHORUS

For to see mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand years I'd travel
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel

CHORUS

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from Strangers at the Gate, released January 15, 2011
Traditional, with translation by Stranger Ways.

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