Steeleye Span - Boys of Bedlam Lyrics

Lyrics Boys of Bedlam - Steeleye Span



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
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
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
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
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
This spirit's white as lightning
Would on me travels guide me
The moon would shake and the stars would quake
When ever they espied me
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
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'll howl no demon louder
Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonni
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
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
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



Writer(s): Steeleye Span


Steeleye Span - Please to See the King
Album Please to See the King
date of release
01-03-1971

1 The Blacksmith (1970 Version)
2 Cold, Haily, Windy Night
3 Jigs: Bryan O'Lynn / The Hag With the Money (Medley)
4 Prince Charlie Stuart
5 Boys of Bedlam
6 False Knight on the Road
7 The Lark In the Morning
8 Female Drummer
9 The King
10 Lovely On the Water
11 The Blacksmith (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
12 Female Drummer (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
13 Rave On (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
14 I Was a Young Man (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
15 The Lark In the Morning (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
16 The King (Stuart Henry Radio Session 23/7/70)
17 Prince Charlie Stuart (Stuart Henry Radio Session 23/7/70)
18 Bold Poachers (Stuart Henry Radio Session 23/7/70)
19 College Grove / Silver Spear - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
20 Lay Down Your Weary Tune (BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970)
21 False Knight On the Road - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
22 Hitler's Downfall / The Hag With the Money - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
23 Female Drummer (MK 2) [BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970]
24 Wee Weaver - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
25 Reel - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
26 Female Drummer (MK2) (Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71)
27 General Taylor (Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71)
28 Farther Along (Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71)
29 Two Reels (Dowd's Favourite) [Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71]
30 Let's Dance (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
31 Bring 'Em Down / A Hundred Years Ago (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
32 The Lark In the Morning (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
33 The King (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
34 Bryan O'lynn / The Hag With the Money (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
35 The Blacksmith (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)




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