Bobby Shafto

Daniel Henry, Jr.

Theme.

"Bobby Shafto's gone to sea:—

Silver buckles on his knee—

He'll come back and marry me,

Pretty Bobby Shafto!"
"Mother Goose Melodies."

"With his treasures won at sea,

Spanish gold and Portugee,

And his heart, still fast to me,

Pretty Bobby Shafto!

"In a captain's pomp and pride,

With a gold sword at his side,

He'll come back to claim his bride,

Pretty Bobby Shafto!"

So she sang, the winter long,

Till the sun came, golden-strong,

And the blue birds caught her song:

All of Bobby Shafto.

Days went by, and autumn came,

Eyes grew dim, and feet went lame,

But the song, it was the same,

All of Bobby Shafto.

Never came across the sea,

Silver buckles on his knee,

Bobby to his bride-to-be,

Fickle Bobby Shafto!

For where midnight never dies,

In the Storm-King's caves of ice,

Stiff and stark, poor Bobby lies—

Heigho! Bobby Shafto.