When I was a bachelor heavy and young I followed the roven trade And the only harm that I ever done wrong Was to court a servant maid I courted her in the summer season And part of the winter, too And the only harm that I ever done wrong Was to keep her from the foggy dew One night as I lay in me bed A-taken of me sleep She came and stood by my bed side And most bitterly she did weep She sop, she sighed and tore her hair And cried, "What shall I do?" For this night, I've resolved to sleep with you For fear of foggy dew It was in the first part of the night We did sport and play And in the second part of the night She in me arms did lay And when we woke on the next day's morn She cried, "I am undone" I hold your town you silly young wench For the foggy dew has gone Now supposin' you should have a child It would make you laugh and smile Supposin' you should have another It would make you think a while Supposin' you should have another And another, and another one too It would make you leave off your foolish young pranks And think of the foggy dew Now I've loved this girl with all of me heart I loved her right through me life And in the second part of the year I took her for me wife I never told her of all me faults Yet never intend to do But every time she winks and smiles We think of the foggy dew