THE ROVING KIND
(Jesse Cavanaugh / Arnold Stanton -
- Adaped from the English sea shanty, "The Pirate Ship")

Guy Mitchell - 1950
The Weavers - 1950
Rex Allen - 1951


(She had a dark and a rovin' eye-i-eye)
(And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets)
(She was a nice girl, a proper girl)
(But one of the rovin' kind)

As I cruised out one eve-a-ning upon a night's career
I spied a lofty clipper ship and to her I did steer
I heisted out my sig-a-nals, which she so quickly knew
And when she saw my bunting fly, she immediately hove too-oo-oo

(She had a dark and a rovin' eye-i-eye)
(And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets)
(She was a nice girl, a proper girl)
(But one of the rovin' kind)

I took her for some fish and chips and treated her so fine
And hardly did I realise she was the rovin' kind
I kissed her lips, I missed her lips and found to my surprise
She was nothin' but a pirate ship rigged up in a disgui-i-ise

(She had a dark and a rovin' eye-i-eye)
And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets
(She was a nice girl, a proper girl)
(But one of the rovin' kind)

So come all ye good sailor men who sail the wint'ry sea
And come all you apprentice lads, a warnin' take from me
Beware of lofty clipper ships, they'll be the ruin of you
For it t'was there that she made me walk the plank and pushed me under
too-hoo-hoo

(She had a dark and a rovin' eye-i-eye)
(And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets)
She was a nice girl, a proper girl
But one of the rovin' kind
(She was a nice girl, a proper girl)
But one of the rovin' kind