The Bo (or Bugaboo) When I was in my and learning of my trade, I courted my daughter, which made 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 coming on, my neighbor he took a sheet And into her room he went just like a wandering spirit. She went (went) up and down, not knowing where to go But right into my bed she went for 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, sore did she 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 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 be your jo. Now married 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 her of the joke, nor ne'er intends to do But aye when his wife smiles on him, he minds the bo. note: Foggy Dew variant; Collected by Bell (1783- ??); printed in Lloyd's Folk Song in England. Lloyd that the mysterious "foggy dew" of later versions is a corruption of in any case, it makes for a reasonable explanation, and this version tells a good story. LLoyd 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===