The Foggy Dew

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