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Tyneside variant

Bobby Shaftoe's getten a bairn,
For to dangle on his airm;
In his airm and on his knee,
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.

Bobby Shaftoe's gaen tae sea,
Siller buckles on his knee,
He'll come back and marry me,
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe.

From Sharp's "Bishoprick Garland", 1834

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