For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam
10, 000 miles I've travelled
Mad Maudlin goes on dirty toes
For to save her shoes from gravel
Still I sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny
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 the beg me food one morning
And there I got souls piping hot
All on the spit a-turnin'
Still I sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
There I took up a cauldron
Where boiled 10, 000 harlots
Though full of flame I drank the same
To the health of all such barlettes
Still I sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
Spirits white as lightning
Shall on my travels guide me
The moon would quake the stars would shake
Whenever they a-spied me
Still I sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
It's next when I have murdered
The man in the moon to powder
His staff I'll break his dog I'll shake
There'll howl no demon louder
Still I sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
No gypsy, slut or doxy
Shall win me Mad Tom from me
I'll weep all night the stars I'll fight
The fray will well become me
Still I sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money
So to drink to Tom of Bedlam
He'll fill the seasoned barrels
I'll drink it all I'll brood with gaul
With Mad Maudlin I will travel
Still I sing bonny boys
Bonny mad boys Bedlam boys are bonny
For they all go bare and they live by the air
And they want no drink nor money