Bobby Shaftoe
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Bobby Shaftoe may refer to:
- Bobby ShaftoBobby ShaftoRobert Shafto was an 18th-century British Member of Parliament , who was the likeliest subject of a famous North East English folk song and nursery rhyme "Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea".-Biography:...
, 18th Century English politician and subject of a famous song. - Bobby Shafto's Gone to SeaBobby Shafto's Gone to Sea"Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea" or "Bobby Shafto" is an English language folk song and nursery rhyme. It has a Roud index number of 1359.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:...
, the song itself. - Bobby Shaftoe, a lead character in Neal StephensonNeal StephensonNeal Town Stephenson is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction.Difficult to categorize, his novels have been variously referred to as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and postcyberpunk...
's novel CryptonomiconCryptonomiconCryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson. The novel follows the exploits of two groups of people in two different time periods, presented in alternating chapters...
. - Sergeant Bob Shaftoe, a 17th century character in Stephenson's The Baroque CycleThe Baroque CycleThe Baroque Cycle is a series of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson. It was published in three volumes containing 8 books in 2003 and 2004. The story follows the adventures of a sizeable cast of characters living amidst some of the central events of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in...
, brother of Jack Shaftoe, an ancestor of Bobby Shaftoe.