The original Bobby Shafto has been identified with a resident of Hollybrook, County Wicklow, Ireland, who died in 1737. "Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea" or "Bobby Shafto" is an English language folk song and nursery rhyme, originating in Ireland. The most common modern version is: Bobby Shafto's gone to sea, Silver buckles at his knee; He'll come back and marry me, Bonny Bobby Shafto! Bobby Shafto's bright and fair, Panning out his yellow hair; He's my love for evermore, Bonny Bobby Shafto!