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Lighter	Origins: She Had a Dark and a Rovin' Eye (62* d)	RE: Lyr/Chords Req: She Had a Dark and a Rovin' Eye	22 Sep 24
As mentioned earlier, the modern song utilizes the tune - and the theme of deception by a woman) of George Ware's 1863 patter song, "She'd a Black and a Rolling Eye." Kudos to John Baxter for calling this to our attention: https://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/shed-a-black-and-rolling-eye-railway-version/ You can here Bill Botting's performance of Ware's song in Sussex in 1968 here: https://sussextraditions.org/record/black-and-rolling-eye-the/

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