The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Bobby Shaftoe’s gone to sea,
With 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 love for evermore,
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.