Rhymes of Northern Bards / Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham

by Unknown

BOBBY SHAFTOE.

Bobby Shaftoe’s gone to sea,

With silver buckles at his knee;

He’ll come home and marry me,

Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.

Bobby Shaftoe’s bright and fair,

Combing down his yellow hair,

He’s ma’ ain for ever mair,

Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.

Bobby Shaftoe’s getten a bairn,

For to dandle in his arm;

In his arm, and on his knee,

Bobby Shaftoe loves me.

Bobby Shaftoe’s gone to sea, &c.

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