Bobby Shaftoe (William Whittaker)
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- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2017-06-10). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 82 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Bobby Shaftoe
Composer: William Whittaker
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1914
Description: Originally publish Stainer and Bell.
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Original text and translations
English text
R.:
Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea,
Silver buckles on his knee
He'll come back and marry me,
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.
Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair,
Combing down his yellow hair;
He's my ain for evermair,
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.
R.