Bobby Shaftoe

Vintage paper doll card of Bobby Shaftoe by Hallmark.

Description of the Bobby Sahftoe Paper Doll Card: red feathers in his pirate cap, sword, silver buckles on his boots, pirate costume

 Bobby Shaftoe's Story Inside the Card:

       "Bobby Shaftoe was a sailor, quite a handsome lad and fair--he had silver buckles on his knees, and pretty golden hair. All the girls liked Bobby Shaftoe, anyone could plainly see, for whenever you saw Bobby all the girls were sure to be. But he fascinated only one of them and chose her from the rest, for he thought she was the loveliest, the sweetest, and the best. But he had to go away to sea for that's a sailor's life, and he told her he would come back soon and claim her for his wife. So she told him that she's wait for him forever and a day, and then Bobby Shaftoe said good-bye to her and sailed away. Bobby weathered many wintry gales upon the ocean blue, and encountered many dangers as a sailor's bound to do. He fought many naval battles that were fierce as they could be, and he saw a lot of pirate ships go down into the sea. But although it was exciting, still his thoughts began to roam far away across the waters to the girl he'd left back home. So he quickly turned his ship around and sailed for home one day, and then Bobby and his bride-to-be were married right away. And from then on Bobby Shoftoe was as happy as a song, for when he went back to sea again he took his bride along."

More About Bobby Shaftoe:

• The King's Singers sing Folk Songs of the British Isles
• Round and Round and other rhymes by David Smith

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