For to see Mad Tom of Bed-lam
Ten thousand miles I've travelled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel
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Still I sing Bonny Boys, Bonny Mad Boys
Bedlam Boys are Bonny
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
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My staff has murdered giants
My bag a long knife carries
For to cut mince pies from childrens thighs
And feed them to the fairies
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The spirits white as lightning
Would on me travels guide me
The stars would shake and the moon would quake
When ever they espied me
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And when that I'll be murdering
The Man in the Moon to a powder
His staff I'll break his dog I'll shake
And they'll howl no demon louder
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For to see Mad Tom of Bed-lam
Ten thousand years I've traveled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel
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