[VERSE 1]
Dm C Am
For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
F C Dm
Ten thousand miles I've traveled
Dm C Am
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
F C Dm
For to save her shoes from gravel.
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 2]
Dm C Am
I went down to Satan's kitchen
F C Dm
For to get me food one morning
Dm C Am
And there I got souls piping hot
F C Dm
All on the spit a-turning
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 3]
Dm C Am
And there I took up cauldron
F C Dm
Where boiled ten thousand harlots
Dm C Am
Though full of flame I drank the same
F C Dm
To the health of all such varlets
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 4]
Dm C Am
My staff has murdered giants
F C Dm
My bag a long knife carries
Dm C Am
For to cut mince pies from children's thighs
F C Dm
And feed them to the fairies
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 5]
Dm C Am
The spirits white as lightening
F C Dm
Would on me travels guide me
Dm C Am
The stars would shake and the moon would quake
F C Dm
Whenever they espied me
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 6]
Dm C Am
And when that I'll be murdering
F C Dm
The Man in the Moon to the powder
Dm C Am
His staff I'll break, his dog I'll shake
F C Dm
And there'll howl no demon louder
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 7]
Dm C Am
No gypsy, slut or doxy
F C Dm
Shall win my mad Tom from me
Dm C Am
I'll weep all night, with stars I'll fight
F C Dm
The fray shall well become me
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 8]
Dm C Am
So drink to Tom O’Bedlam
F C Dm
Go fill the seas in barrels
Dm C Am
I’ll drink it all well brewed with gall
F C Dm
And Maudlin drunk we’ll quarrel
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[VERSE 9]
Dm C Am
For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
F C Dm
Ten thousand years I have traveled
Dm C Am
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
F C Dm
For to save her shoes from gravel.
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[OPTIONAL VERSE 10]
Dm C Am
Now I repent that ever
F C Dm
Poor Tom was so disdain'd
Dm C Am
My wits were lost when him I cross't
F C Dm
Which makes me go thus chain'd
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
[OPTIONAL VERSE 11]
Dm C Am
My horn is made of thunder
F C Dm
I stole it out of heaven
Dm C Am
The rainbow there is this I wear
F C Dm
For which I thence was driven
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
{OPTIONAL VERSE 12]
Dm C Am
And now that I have gotten
F C Dm
A lease than doomsday longer
Dm C Am
To live on earth with some in mirth
F C Dm
Ten whales shall ease my hunger
[CHORUS]
Dm C Am
Still I sing bonny boys, bonny mad boys
F C Dm
Bedlam boys are bonny
Dm C Am
For they all go bare and they live by the air
F C Dm
And they want no drink nor money.
