Roving Kind
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As I cruised out one evening upon a night's career
I spied a lofty clipper ship and to her I did steer
I hoisted out my signals which she so quickly knew
And when she saw my bunting fly she immediately hove to
She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hair hung down in ringlets
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, oh 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 ringlets
She was a nice girl, a proper girl
But one of the roving kind
I took her for some fish and chips and treated her so fine
And hardly did I realize she was the roving kind
I kissed her lips, I missed her lips and found to my surprise
She was nothing but a pirate ship rigged up in a disguise
She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hair hung down in ringlets
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
And come all you apprentice lads, a warning 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
She had a dark and a roving eye
And her hair hung down in ringlets
She was a nice girl, a proper girl
But one of the roving kind