Lyrics Jolie Holland

Jolie Holland

Mad Tom Of Bedlam

To see mad tom of bedlam,

Ten thousand miles I've travelled

Mad maudlin goes on dirty toes

To save her shoes from gravel

So well that we sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare, and they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money

I went down to satan's kitchen

For to break my fast one morning

And there I got souls piping hot

All on the spit a-turning

So well that we sing sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare, and they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money

A spirit hot as lightening

Did on that journey guide me

The sun did shake and the pale moon quake

Wherever they did spy me

Yet it's well that we sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare, and they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money

My staff has murdered giants

And my pack a long knife carries

For the slice mince pies from children's thighs,

From which to feed the faeries

So well that we sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare, and they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money

Tonight I'll go a murdering

The man in the moon to a powder

His dog I'll shake and his staff I'll break

And I'll howl a wee bit louder

So well that we sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare, and they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money

to see mad tom of bedlam,

Ten thousand miles I've travelled.

Mad maudlin goes on dirty toes,

To save her shoes from gravel

so well that we sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys

Bedlam boys are bonnie

For they all go bare, and they live in the air

And they want no drink nor money