Show bonny bobby an early version will bo found in bells rhymes of northern bards page and sir 0 sharps bishoprick garland page 64 tho latter runs as follows bobby shafts Sh aftos gone to aea silver buckles at his knee hell come back and marry me bonny bobby shafto bobby chattos Bh attos bright and fair combing down his yellow hair hes my ain for evern sair bonny bobby shafto according to sir CL sharp the bong was used for electioneering electioneer ing purposes in 1761 when robert shafto of whitworth esq was the favorite candidate and wag popularly called bonny bobby shafto his portrait at whitworth represented him as very young and very handsome and with yellow hair miss Bella the heiress of brancepeth Brance peth is said to have died for love of him notes and queries |