Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To The Sea
Nursery Rhyme Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To The Sea with Lyrics and Music
Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To The Sea is an English nursery rhyme that is very old. It was first time published in 1805, so your kids' great-great-grandparents may also have used the this rhyme(!)
Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To The Sea probably has roots to the town Hollybrook in Ireland, where a person called Bobby Shaftoe lived in the early 18th century.
Let's sing this good, old rhyme!
Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To The Sea - Lyrics
Bobby Shafto's gone to sea,
Silver buckles at his knee:
He'll come back and marry me -
Bonny Bobby Shafto!
Bobby Shafto's bright and fair,
Panning out his yellow hair:
He's my love for evermore -
Bonny Bobby Shafto!
Silver buckles at his knee:
He'll come back and marry me -
Bonny Bobby Shafto!
Bobby Shafto's bright and fair,
Panning out his yellow hair:
He's my love for evermore -
Bonny Bobby Shafto!
Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To The Sea Music/Video
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