Maddy Prior - Boys of Bedlam lyrics

For to see mad Tom of Bedlam 10,000 miles I'd travel Mad Mauldin 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 to get me food this morning And there I got soul's piping hot All on the spit a-turning 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 My staff hath murdered giants And my bag along I carries I cut mince pies from children's thighs With which to feed the fairies 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 My spirit's white as lightning Would on my travels guide me The moon would quake and the stars would shake Whenever they espied 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 And when that I have murdered The man in the moon to a powder His staff I'll break and his dog I'll shake And 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 For to see mad Tom of Bedlam 10,000 years I'd travel Mad Mauldin 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