Boys of Bedlam
Steeleye Span * Track #5 On Please to See the King
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Boys of Bedlam by Steeleye Span
Performed by
Steeleye SpanProduced by
Sandy RobertonWrited by
TraditionalAbout
The lyrics are drawn from the late 17th century poem “Mad Maudlin’s Search” which detailed Maudlin searching for her Tom, who has been locked up in bedlam. The poem is a sequel to “Tom o' Bedlam”, an otherwise anonymous poem composed sometime during the 17th century.
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Boys of Bedlam 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
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 bonnie
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
Boys of Bedlam Q&A
Who wrote Boys of Bedlam's ?
Boys of Bedlam was written by Traditional.
Who produced Boys of Bedlam's ?
Boys of Bedlam was produced by Sandy Roberton.