The Roving Kind


(She had a dark and a-rovin' eye-uh-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 evening upon a night's career
I spied a lofty clipper ship and to her I did steer
I heisted out my signals which she so quickly knew
And when she saw my bunting fly she immediately hove to-woo-woo

(She had a dark and a-rovin' eye-uh-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 realize 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 dis-guy-eye-ise

(She had a dark and a-rovin' eye-eye-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 wintry sea
And come, all ye apprentice lads, a warnin' take from me
Beware of lofty clipper ships, they'll be the ruin of you
For 'twas there she made me walk the plank and pushed me under, too-ooh-ooh

(She had a dark and a-rovin' eye-uh-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 (yo-ho!)


Writer/s: JESSIE CAVANAUGH, ARNOLD STANTON

The Roving Kind de The Weavers

This song appears in 18 albums


On top of Old Smokey
2019

Top 110 Classics - The Very Best of the Weavers
2019

The Roving Kind
2014

Quality Music 100 (100 Original Recordings Remastered)
2014

100 (100 Original Tracks Remastered)
2014

A Tribute To Pete Seeger
2014

The Weavers Ultimate Collection
2013

Classic Folk Songs, Vol. 8 - The Weavers
2011

American Roots Music (Remastered)
2011

Around the World
2011

The Best Of The Weavers
2009

The Ultimate Collection
2009

On Top of Old Smoky
2008

Hard, Ain't It Hard
2007

Weavers
2007

The Excellence Of
2007

The Weavers' the Roving Kind
2006

The Best of the Decca Years
1996
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