DARK EYES [Black Eyes]
Gregory Stone & Harry Horlick   1926

Al Bowlly   rec May 11th 1939 London

also-
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch '37  '40
Stan Kenton & his Orch '55
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen '61
Harry Roy & his Band
Troise & his Mandoliers



Gypsy love of mine,
Is there ne'er a sign
On your path to show
The way that I must go?
Gone are joys I knew,
They all went with you,
What is left to me
Is just a memory.

Eyes that haunt me so,
Eyes that taunt me so,
While they smiled at me
Life was ecstasy!
Was our whirling dance
Just a gay romance?
Or for me, perchance,
Just a broken dream?

Eyes of destiny,
While you beckon me
I must follow still,
Over plain and hill.
Love, where'er I be,
I shall always see
Stars of hope for me,
Your dark eyes!

Eyes of destiny,
While you beckon me
I must follow still,
Over plain and hill.
Love, where'er I be,
I shall always see
Stars of hope for me,
Your dark eyes!

Eyes of destiny,
While you beckon me
I must follow still,
Over plain and hill.
Love, where'er I be,
I shall always see
Stars of hope for me,
Your dark eyes!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2008)