THE FOGGY, FOGGY DEW (aka THE FOGGY DEW**)
(Traditional 18th Century English)


lso recorded by: Dick Curless; Alfred Deller; Tom Paxton;  
Shirley Collins; Charles River Valley Boys; Martin Carthy; 
The Brass Pennies; Carl Sandburg; Tim O'Brien; Greg Brown; 
Ian Robb; Doug Wallin; Ewan MacColl: .....and many others. 




When I was a bachelor, I lived all alone
I worked at the weaver's trade
And the only, only thing I ever did that was wrong
Was to woo a fair young maid
I wooed her in the wintertime
Part of the summer, too
And the only, only thing I ever did that was wrong
Was to keep her from the foggy, foggy dew


One night she knelt close by my side
When I was fast asleep
She threw her arms around my neck
And she began to weep
She wept, she cried, she tore her hair
Ah, me! What could I do?
So all night long I held her in my arms
Just to keep her from the foggy foggy dew


Again I am a bachelor, I live with my son
We work at the weaver's trade
And every single time I look into his eyes
He reminds me of that fair young maid
He reminds me of the wintertime
Part of the summer, too
And the many, many times that I held her in my arms
Just to keep her from the foggy, foggy, dew




**Not to be confused with the 1916 Irish song, "The Foggy Dew"


(Contributed by Shelley Botka - November 2007)