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Lighter	Origins: She Had a Dark and a Rovin' Eye (62* d)	RE: Origins: She Had a Dark and a Rovin' Eye	13 Oct 24
Appearing in late 1950 was “The Roving Kind,” words & music by the pseudonymous "Jesse Cavanaugh & Arnold Stanton." The song was first recorded by The Weavers on the Decca label. Watch them perform it in 1951: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQKcKaapBY And compare the more lucrative big-band treatment of Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller's Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiUNbByGX5w And that of Les Baxter's orchestra featuring Lindy Doherty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDXgmZCrlb8 Wikipedia ludicrously notes that "Mitchell's jocular version followed the original sea-shanty style." It reached #4 on the national "Billboard" chart in December, 1950, and stayed on the list for 17 weeks. "The Roving Kind" never mentions a "fireship." "Clipper ship" and the less suggestive and more readily understandable "pirate ship" take its place.

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