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 evenin' upon a night's career   I spied a lofty clipper ship and to her I did steer   I heisted out my signals which she so quickly knew   And when she saw my buntin' fly   Ah, immediately 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 disguise      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