Mad Tom of Bedlam
Jolie Holland * Track #5 On Escondida
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Album Escondida
- #1Sascha
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- #2Black Stars
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- #3Old Fashioned Morphine
Jolie Holland
- #4Amen
Jolie Holland
- #5Mad Tom of Bedlam
Jolie Holland
- #6Poor Girl’s Blues
Jolie Holland
- #7Goodbye California
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- #8Do You?
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- #9Darlin Ukelele
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- #10Damn Shame
Jolie Holland
- #11Tiny Idyll / Lil Missy
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- #12Faded Coat of Blue
Jolie Holland
Mad Tom of Bedlam Lyrics
For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I've travelled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
To save her shoes from gravel
Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonney
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
I went down to Satan's Kitchen
For to break my fast one morning
And there I got souls piping hot
All on the spits a-turning
Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonney
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
The spirit hot as lightening
Did on that journey guide me
The sun did shake and the pale moon quake
Wherever they did spy me
Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonney
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
My staff has murdered giants
And my pack a long knife carries
For to slice mince pies from children's thighs
From which to feed the faeries
Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonney
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
Tonight I'll go a murdering
The man in the moon to a powder
His dog I'll shake and his staff I'll break
And there'll howl no demon louder
Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonney
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
To see Mad Tom of Bedlam
Ten thousand miles I've travelled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
To save her shoes from gravel
Still I sing bonney boys, bonney mad boys
Bedlam boys are bonney
For they all go bare, and they live in the air
And they want no drink nor money
Mad Tom of Bedlam Q&A
Who wrote Mad Tom of Bedlam's ?
Mad Tom of Bedlam was written by Traditional.
Who produced Mad Tom of Bedlam's ?
Mad Tom of Bedlam was produced by Jolie Holland & Lemon DeGeorge.
What did Jolie Holland say about "Mad Tom of Bedlam"?
In a 2019 interview, Jolie Holland had this to say about the song:
Mad Tom of Bedlam is an unrehearsed first take. And I remember seeing some review from Australia, where it was like somebody who probably expected me to be a very uptight kind of folkie or whatever or maybe they’re just an uptight f...