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The Opies (folklorists) have argued for an identification of the original Bobby Shafto with a resident of Hollybrook, County Wicklow, Ireland, who died in 1737. [1] However, the tune derives from the earlier "Brave Willie Forster", found in the Henry Atkinson manuscript from the 1690s, [3] and the William Dixon manuscript, from the 1730s, both from north-east England; besides these early ...
Robert Shafto (sometimes spelt Shaftoe) (circa 1732 – 24 November 1797) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1760 and 1790. He was the likely subject of a famous North East English folk song and nursery rhyme , " Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea " ( Roud #1359).
Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea 'Bobby Shafto' United Kingdom 1805 [22] 18th century British politician Bobby Shafto is a likely subject for this song. Bye, Baby Bunting: Great Britain 1731 [23] A version of this rhyme was first published in 1731 in England. Christmas Is Coming: United States 1885 [24] Origin unknown, the lyrics begin appearing in ...
Melanie Harold leads on "Bobby Shaftoe". The album was released on the Music for Pleasure label. Another similar album was released in 1983, called "The Drunken Sailor". The rights for "Music for Pleasure" were sold to EMI Gold, who released an hour-long cassette called "Favourite Nursery Rhymes" in 1985.
Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings... is an historic book of Tyneside popular and traditional songs that consisted, in its final published form, of a compilation of approximately 400 song lyrics and notes, with added songwriter and subject biographies and geographical details, together spanning over 600 pages (published, 1891).
The Drunken Sailor and other Kids Favorites is an album by Tim Hart and Friends.. This album follows Tim Hart's first collection "My Very Favorite Nursery Rhymes". There is a greater variety in treatment - "Hush Little Baby" is sung as a calypso, with the tune of "Island in the Sun" on oil-drums creeping in at the end.
A fact from Bobby Shafto appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 October 2006. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the English nursery rhyme Bobby Shafto was an electioneering song by the 18th Century British MP, Robert Shafto? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006 ...
Deep Down in your Soul (Gladiators), Veal for Every Meal, Heavy Metal Nursery Rhyme 1 - Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea, Ed's New Ringtone, Heavy Metal Nursery Rhyme 2 - There Was a Lady All Skin and Bone, Heavy Metal Nursery Rhyme 3 - I Married my Wife on Sunday: 2: Katy Wix: 5 Feb 2020