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Bonny Bobby Shafto. Bobby Shafto's gettin' a bairn, For to dangle on his arm; In his arm and on his knee, Bobby Shafto loves me. [1] Other publications have made changes to some of the words, including the spelling of the last name: Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea, With silver buckles on his knee; He'll come back and marry me, Pretty Bobby Shaftoe!
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 ...
Bobby Shafto, 18th-century English politician and subject of a famous song; Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea, the song itself; Bobby Shaftoe, a lead character in Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon; Sergeant Bob Shaftoe, a related 17th-century character in Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle
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It tells the story of a sailor gone to sea whose beloved promises to wait for him. When he returns she has married a rich man and he goes back to sea with a broken heart and a bitter attitude. In a few American versions the betrayed lover is a cowboy.
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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: 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?