I courted her all of the winter
Part of the summer, too
All the harm that I have done
Was to court a pretty fair maid
One night she came to my bedside
As I lay fast asleep
“Come to my arms, my pretty miss
Get out of the foggy dew"
She layed in my arms till broad daylight
And the sun begin to shine
I turn my back on my own true love
"Goodbye, my love, I'm gone"
Towards the first part of the year
She took pale in the face
And along the latter part of the year
She grew bigger 'round the waist
Along towards the end of the year
She brought to me a son
“Oh, now you see as well as I
What the foggy dew has done"
I loved that girl with all my heart
I loved her as my life
Yet every time the baby cries
I'd think on the foggy dew