The Bo (or Bugaboo) When I was in my and learning of my trade, I courted my master's daughter, which my heart right glad. I her both summers days and winter nights also But I never her favor win till I hired the Bogle Bo. Day being gone, and night coming on, my neighbor he a sheet And straight into her room he just like a wandering spirit. She went (went) running up and down, not where to go But right into my bed she for fear of the Bogle Bo. And so my true love and me, (we both) fast asleep, But ere the morn at fair daylight, sore, did she weep Sore, did she weep; sore, sore did she mourn But ere she rose and put on her clothes, the bo was gone. You've done the thing to me last night, the you cannot shun You've taen me my maidenhead, and I am quite undone. You've taen from me my maidenhead, and my body low But, kind sir, if you'll marry me, I will be jo. Now he's her and taen her hame, and it was but his part She's proved to him a wife, and joy of all his heart; He never told her of the joke, nor ne'er to do But aye when his wife smiles on him, he the Bogle bo. note: Dew variant; Collected by John Bell (1783- ??); printed in Lloyd's Folk Song in England. Lloyd that the mysterious "foggy dew" of later is a corruption of this one: in any case, it for a reasonable explanation, and this version tells a good story. doesn't give a tune, but it fits to th "Banks and Braes" version of Foggy Dew" Words in parentheses were by RG to attempt scansion. RG BOGLEBO play.exe RG BOUNDARY===