The Roving Kind (Snader Telescriptions) - The Weavers - (Lyrics)

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She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets
She was a nice girl, a proper girl
But one of the roving 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 sig-a-nals, which she so quickly knew
And when she saw me smiling her, she immediately hove too-oo-oo.

She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets
She was a nice girl, a proper girl
But one of the roving kind.

"Oh, pardon me" she says to me "for being out so late
But if my parents heard of this then, sad would be my fate
My father is in politics a good and righteous man
my mother is an acrobat, I do the best I can.

She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets
She was a nice girl, a proper girl
But one of the roving kind.

Well, I took her for some fish and chips and treated her so fine
Hardly did I realize she was the rovin' kind
Well, I kissed her lips, I missed her lips and found to my surprise
She was nothin' but a pirate ship rigged up in a disguise.

She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets
She was a nice girl, a proper girl
But one of the roving kind.

So come all you good sailor men who sail the wintry sea
Come all you apprentice lads, a warning take from me
Beware of lofty clipper ships, they'll be the ruin of you
For it was there she made me walk the plank and pushed me under too-hoo-hoo.

She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets
She was a nice girl, a proper girl
But one of the roving kind.

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[LandondeeL]

Great to see Fred Hellerman shine in this song. I have always felt that most of the other times he was overshadowed by the other three.

[allenshepard]

what a babe ronnie was!

[fromthesidelines]

Guy Mitchell had a bigger hit with this song than they did. Unfortunately, shortly after this was filmed, The Weavers were "blacklisted" from radio and TV, primarily because of Pete Seeger's political affiliations. Although they sang together through the mid-'50s, Pete left the group....and remained "censored" from commercial TV until 1967.

[sunray2b]

Im having a get together on Saturday night , can you all come around and sing some of your songs, please