The Foggy Dew
from Waiting For The Word by Kevin Adams
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From the singing of Bert Lloyd.
lyrics
The Foggy Dew
When I was a bachelor, young and so bold,
I followed a roving trade
And the only harm that ever I done
I courted a handsome maid.
I wooed her all the summer time
And a part of the winter too.
And the only harm that ever I done
Was to keep off the foggy dew.
It was all on one night about twelve o' clock
When 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 all that night I held her tight
Just to keep off the foggy dew.
Now all of the first part of that night
How we did sport and play.
And all the second part of that night
Snug in my arms she lay.
And when the broad daylight did appear
She cries, "I am undone!"
Oh hush your noise you silly young girl,
For the foggy dew have gone.
And I never told nobody her name
And damn me if I do.
But many's the time I think of that night
When I kept off the foggy dew.
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When I was a bachelor, young and so bold,
I followed a roving trade
And the only harm that ever I done
I courted a handsome maid.
I wooed her all the summer time
And a part of the winter too.
And the only harm that ever I done
Was to keep off the foggy dew.
It was all on one night about twelve o' clock
When 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 all that night I held her tight
Just to keep off the foggy dew.
Now all of the first part of that night
How we did sport and play.
And all the second part of that night
Snug in my arms she lay.
And when the broad daylight did appear
She cries, "I am undone!"
Oh hush your noise you silly young girl,
For the foggy dew have gone.
And I never told nobody her name
And damn me if I do.
But many's the time I think of that night
When I kept off the foggy dew.
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from Waiting For The Word,
released June 23, 2006
Trad. Arr. Kev Adams
Trad. Arr. Kev Adams
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Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK
Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…
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