One evening as the sun was taking o'er
My brown eyes whispered I must go
Not a moment could she wait
I kissed her then I left again
Those brown eyes I love so well
Those brown eyes I long to see
How I cry for those brown eyes
Strangers they have grown to be
Again we met upon the street
I bowed my head for I could not speak
Another boy was by her side
And she intend to be his bride
And on one dark and gloomy day
They laid my own brown eyes away
Up in heaven where I long to be
A brown-eyed angel waits for me
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