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Originally Posted by BenG
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You intrigued me with the Bobby Shaftoe reference (I liked The Corps series) - I'm adding Cryptonomicon to my want-to-read list.
Does Bobby Shaftoe also have any resemblance to the folk song character?
Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea,
Silver buckles at his knee;
He'll come back and marry me,
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe!
Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair,
Panning out his yellow hair;
He's my love for evermore,
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe!
Bobby Shaftoe's getten a bairn,
For to dangle on his arm;
In his arm and on his knee,
Bobby Shaftoe loves me.