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Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea, Silver buckles at his knee; He'll come back and marry me, Bonny Bobby Shaftoe. Chorus: Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair, Combing down his yellow hair, He's my ain for ever mair, Bonny Bobby Shaftoe. |
Bobby Shaftoe's tall and sIim, He's always dressed so neat and trim, The lassies they all keek at him, Bonny Bobby Shaftoe. Chorus: Bobby Shaftoe's gett'n a bairn, For to dandle on his airm, On his airm and on his knee, Bobby Shaftoe loves me. Chorus: |
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Like 'Blow the Wind Southerly' and 'When the Boat Comes in', 'Bobby Shaftoe' is a Northumbrian folk song which has become well known far beyond that county's borders. Folklorists have noted that in performance the hero's name is invariably pronounced 'Shafty'. |
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