Top Songs By Ye Vagabonds
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ye Vagabonds
Performer
Brían Mac Gloinn
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brían Mac Gloinn
Arranger
Diarmuid Mac Gloinn
Arranger
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
I wooed her all the summertime
And part of the winter too
The only harm that ever I done
Was to keep off the foggy dew
[Verse 3]
'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
[Verse 4]
She wept, she moaned, she tore her hair
And she cried, "What shall I do?"
So I rolled her into bed
And I covered up her head
For to keep off the foggy dew
[Verse 5]
Well, all the first part of that night
And we did sport and play
And all the latter part of that night
Snug in my arms she lay
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
Well, I never told nobody her name
And it's damned be if I do
But it's often times that I think on that night
That I kept off the foggy dew
Written by: Traditional