She was a nice girl

A proper girl butone of the rovin' kind

Upon a night's career

I spied a lofty clipper ship

And to her I did steer

Which she so quickly knew

And when she saw my bunting fly

She was a nice girl

A proper girl butone 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

She was a nice girl

A proper girl butone 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

She was a nice girl

A proper girl butone of the rovin' kind

She was a nice girl a proper girl but