| "Marie, will you marry me? |
| For you know how I love thee! |
| Tell me, darling, will you be |
| The wife of Bobby Shaftoe?" |
| |
| "Bobby, pray don't ask me more, |
| For you've asked me twice before; |
| Let us be good friends, no more, |
| No more, Bobby Shaftoe." |
| |
| "If you will not marry me, |
| I will go away to sea; |
| And you ne'er again shall be |
| A friend of Bobby Shaftoe." |
| |
| "Oh, you will not go away |
| For you've said so twice to-day. |
| Stop! He's gone! Dear Bobby, stay! |
| Dearest Bobby Shaftoe! |
| |
| "Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea, |
| Silver buckles on his knee, |
| But he'll come back and marry me, |
| Pretty Bobby Shaftoe. |
| |
| "He will soon come back to me, |
| And how happy I shall be, |
| He'll come back and marry me, |
| Dearest Bobby Shaftoe." |
| |
| "Bobby Shaftoe's lost at sea, |
| He cannot come back to thee. |
| And you ne'er again will see |
| Your dear Bobby Shaftoe. |
| |
| "Oh, we sadly mourn for thee, |
| And regret we ne'er shall see |
| Our friend Bobby, true and free, |
| Dearest Bobby Shaftoe." |
| |
| "Bobby Shaftoe's lost at sea. |
| And can ne'er come back to me, |
| But I'll ever faithful be, |
| True to Bobby Shaftoe." |
| |
| "Darling, I've come home from sea, |
| I've come back to marry thee, |
| For I know you're true to me, |
| True to Bobby Shaftoe." |
| |
| "Yes, I always cared for thee, |
| And now you've come back to me, |
| And we will always happy be, |
| Dearest Bobby Shaftoe." |
| |
| "Bobby Shaftoe's come from sea, |
| And we will united be, |
| Heart and hand in unity, |
| Mr. and Mrs. Shaftoe." |
