Guy Mitchell - The Roving Kind (Remastered) Lyrics

Lyrics The Roving Kind (Remastered) - Guy Mitchell



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!)



Writer(s): Jessie Cavanaugh, Arnold Stanton


Guy Mitchell - Portrait of an Artist
Album Portrait of an Artist
date of release
20-05-2011

1 Singing the Blues - Remastered
2 Heartaches By the Number (Remastered)
3 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Remastered)
4 Feet up (Pat Him on the Po-Po) - Remastered
5 Crazy with Love - Remastered
6 Rock a Billy - Remastered
7 My Heart Cries for You (Remastered)
8 She Wears Red Feathers (Remastered)
9 Chick a Boom - Remastered
10 The Roving Kind (Remastered)
11 Belle Belle My Liberty Belle - Remastered
12 Call Rosie on the Phone - Remastered
13 'Cause I Love You (Remastered)
14 Unless (Remastered)
15 My Truly Truly Fair - Remastered
16 Cloud Lucky Seven - Remastered
17 The Cuff of My Shirt (Remastered)
18 A Dime and a Dollar (Remastered)
19 Side By Side (Remastered)
20 Music! Music! Music! (Remastered)
21 Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie (Remastered)
22 Sippin' Soda (Remastered)
23 My Shoes Keep Walking Back (Remastered)
24 Sparrow in the Tree Top (Remastered)




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