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Bedlam Boys

from Time Out Of Mind by Triangle

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Dramatis Personae:
Mim: Mad Magdalen
Sue: Tom of Bedlam
Sophie: The Moon

lyrics

For to see mad Tom of Bedlam, ten thousand miles I've travelled
Mad Magdalen girls on dirty toes
go to save their shoes from gravel
While I do sing, any food, any feeding,
feeding, drink or clothing?
Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
poor Tom will injure nothing.

The spirits white as lightning all on my travels guide me
the moon would shake and the stars would quake
whenever they espied me
While I do sing, any food, ...

The moon embrace her shepherd
and the Queen of Love her warrior
while the first does horn the stars of the morn
and the next the heavenly farrier
While I do sing, any food ...

I know more than Apollo, for oft when he lies sleeping
I see the stars at mortal wars
in the wounded welkin weeping
While I do sing, any food ...

The moon's my constant mistress and the lonely owl my marrow
the flaming drake and the night crow make
me music to my sorrow
While I do sing, any food ...

For to see mad Tom of Bedlam ten thousand years I've travelled
ten thousand years I've travelled
mad Magdalen girls on dirty toes
go to save their shoes from gravel
While I do sing, any food ...

credits

from Time Out Of Mind, released August 1, 2009
Words: Trad/Thomas D'Urfey
Music: Trad arr Mim MacMahon

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Triangle England, UK

To say we are “an all-female, three piece a cappella band” identifies us, but does not describe us. Our themes mostly revolve around beer, religion, politics and things that go bump in the night - in no particular order. And we don't just stand there in a row singing, either; we act the songs out as melodies switch from one line to another. ... more

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