Lyrics The Foggy Dew - Ye Vagabonds

The Foggy Dew

When I was a bachelor young and bold
I followed the roving trail
The only thing that I ever done wrong
I courted a handsome maid
I wooed her all the summertime
And part of the winter too
The only thing I ever done wrong
Was to keep off the foggy dew
'Twas on one night about twelve o’clock
As I lay fast asleep
There came this maid to my bedside
And bitterly she did weep
She wept, she moaned, she tore her hair
And she cried «what shall I do?»
So I rolled her into bed
And covered up her head
For to keep off the foggy dew
Well all the first part all that night
And we did sport and play
And all the latter part of that night
Snug in my arms she lay
And when the broad daylight appeared
She cried «I am undone!»
Well hold your tongue
My pretty young girl
For the foggy dew has gone
Well I never told nobody her name
And its damned be if I do
But it’s often times that i think on that night
That I kept off the foggy dew