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