One Of The Roaming Kind
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com
As I went 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
For when she saw my bunting fly she quickly hove to
CHORUS after each verse:
She had a dark and a roving eye and her hair fell down in ringlets
She was a nice girl, a popular girl but one of the roaming kind
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I took her for some fish and chips and treated her so fine
And hardly did I realize she was the roaming kind
I kissed her lips I missed her lips and found to my surprise
She was nothing but a pirate ship rigged out dressed up in disguise
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Now come all ye good sailor men who sail the wintry sea
And come all ye apprentice lads fair warning take from me
Beware of lofty clipper ships they'll be the ruin of you
For 'twas then she made me walk the plank and pushed me under too.
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