Bobby Shafto
/ˌbɒbi ˈʃæftəʊ/
/ˌbɑːbi ˈʃæftəʊ/
- an old children's song, which may have been sung in support of Robert Shafto, a candidate in the British general election in 1761. Many British people know the first verse: “Bobby Shafto's gone to sea,Silver buckles at his knee,He'll come back and marry me,Bonny Bobby Shafto!”