BLACK EYES (aka "Dark Eyes") from the original О́чи чёрные (Russian)
Music by: Adalgiso Ferraris
Lyrics (English only) by: Albert Mellor
Recoreded by Al Bowlly (1939)
https://youtu.be/QZUusCTMD4w
Intro
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Verse 1
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Gypsy love of mine,
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Is there ne'er a sign
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On your path to show
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The way that I must go?
Verse 2
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Gone are joys I knew,
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They all went with you,
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What is left to me
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Is just a memory.
Verse 3
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Eyes that haunt me so,
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Eyes that taunt me so,
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While they smiled at me
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Life was ecstasy!
Verse 4
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Was our whirling dance
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Just a gay romance?
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Or for me, perchance,
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Just a broken dream?
Verse 5
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Eyes of destiny,
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While you beckon me
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I must follow still,
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Over plain and hill.
Verse 6
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Love, where'er I be,
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I shall always see
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Stars of hope for me,
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Your dark eyes!
Interlude
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Verse 7
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Eyes of destiny,
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While you beckon me
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I must follow still,
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Over plain and hill.
Verse 9
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Love, where'er I be,
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I shall always see
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Stars of hope for me,
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Your dark eyes!
