Lyrics
The
Roving
Kind
Guy
Mitchell
Peaked
at
#4 in
1951
Competing
versions
by
The
Weavers
hit
# 11
and
by
Rex
Allen
hitt
#20.
Adapted
from
the
old
1800s
English
folk
song
"The
Pirate
Ship."
(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
eve-e-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
imme-diately
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!)
1 Heartaches By The Number
2 Rock-A-Billy
3 My Heart Cries For You
4 She Wears Red Feathers
5 There's A Pawnshop On The Corner In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6 Singing the Blues
7 Chick-A-Boom
8 Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie
9 Side by Side
10 Sparrow in the Treetop
11 Call Rosie On the Phone
12 My Truly Fair
13 Knee Deep In The Blues
14 The Roving Kind
15 My Shoes Keep Walking Back
16 The Cuff Of My Shirt
17 Sippin' Soda
18 Cloud Lucky Seven
19 Feet Up (Pat Him On The Po-Po)
20 Music! Music! Music!
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