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'The Roving Kind' is a 1950 popular song by Jessie Cavanaugh and Arnold Stanton, both pseudonyms used by music publisher The Richmond Organisation. It was adapted from a British folk song, "The Pirate Ship". "The Roving Kind" is about a girl who is nice but a wanderer.

The best-known version was recorded by Guy Mitchell in 1950, which reached No. 4 on 'Billboard' in December 1950. The single also reached No. 6 on the 'Cashbox' charts the same month.[http://tsort.info/music/rwsp4m.htm Guy Mitchell charting entries] Retrieved 09-19-11

The song had first been recorded by the American folk group, The Weavers. Mitchell's jocular version followed the original sea-shanty style. Columbia's A&R director Mitch Miller followed this "folk-origin" formula for most of Mitchell's subsequent hits.The Independent; 'Obituaries: Guy Mitchell' 5 July 1999

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