tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960684425066721564.post5114235477998244396..comments2019-07-15T20:42:28.830-07:00Comments on Hallowe'en Artists' Studio Trick or Treat Tour: FaeryFest!Scratching at the Windowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325705702374652181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1960684425066721564.post-56515714009541716142011-06-21T17:19:52.105-07:002011-06-21T17:19:52.105-07:00Here are the lyrics:
Bobby Shafto's gone to s...Here are the lyrics:<br /><br />Bobby Shafto's gone to sea,<br />Silver buckles at his knee;<br />He'll come back and marry me,<br />Bonny Bobby Shafto!<br />Bobby Shafto's bright and fair,<br />Panning out his yellow hair;<br />He's my love for evermore,<br />Bonny Bobby Shafto!<br /><br />This is very close to the earliest printed version in 1805. A version published in John Bell's, Rhymes of Northern Bards (1812) gives the additional verse:<br /><br />Bobby Shafto's getten a bairn,<br />For to dangle on his arm;<br />In his arm and on his knee,<br />Bobby Shafto loves me.<br /><br />from Wikipedia!Scratching at the Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08325705702374652181noreply@blogger.com