The Bo (or Bugaboo) I was in my prenticeship and learning of my trade, I courted my daughter, which made my heart right glad. I courted her both summers days and winter nights 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 and me, (we both) fell fast asleep, But ere the morn at fair daylight, sore, did she weep Sore, sore did she weep; sore, did she mourn But ere she rose and put on her clothes, the bo was gone. You've the thing to me last night, the thing you cannot shun taen from me my maidenhead, and I am quite undone. You've taen from me my maidenhead, and brought my 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 to him a loving wife, and joy of all his heart; He never told her of the joke, nor intends to do But aye when his wife smiles on him, he the Bogle bo. note: Foggy Dew Collected by John Bell (1783- ??); in Lloyd's Folk Song in England. Lloyd suggests that the mysterious "foggy dew" of later is a corruption of this in any case, it makes for a reasonable explanation, and this version tells a good story. LLoyd give a tune, but it fits nicely to th "Banks and Braes" of Foggy Dew" Words in parentheses were by RG to attempt scansion. RG filename[ play.exe RG ===DOCUMENT