The Foggy Dew

When I was a bachelor heavy and young
I followed the roven trade
And the only harm that I ever done wrong
Was to court a servant maid

I courted her in the summer season
And part of the winter, too
And the only harm that I ever done wrong
Was to keep her from the foggy dew

One night as I lay in me bed
A-taken of me sleep
She came and stood by my bed side
And most bitterly she did weep

She sop, she sighed and tore her hair
And cried, "What shall I do?"
For this night, I've resolved to sleep with you
For fear of foggy dew

It was in the first part of the night
We did sport and play
And in the second part of the night
She in me arms did lay

And when we woke on the next day's morn
She cried, "I am undone"
I hold your town you silly young wench
For the foggy dew has gone

Now supposin' you should have a child
It would make you laugh and smile
Supposin' you should have another
It would make you think a while

Supposin' you should have another
And another, and another one too
It would make you leave off your foolish young pranks
And think of the foggy dew

Now I've loved this girl with all of me heart
I loved her right through me life
And in the second part of the year
I took her for me wife

I never told her of all me faults
Yet never intend to do
But every time she winks and smiles
We think of the foggy dew