Ebony Eyes

(Oooooooooo)

On a weekend pass I wouldn't have had time

To get home and marry, that baby of mine

So I went to the Chaplain and he authorized

Me to send for my Ebony Eyes

My Ebony Eyes was coming to me

From out of the skies on Flight 1203

In an hour or two, I would whisper “I do”

To my beautiful Ebony Eyes

Spoken:

The plane was way overdue,

So I went inside to the airline's desk and I said:

“Sir, I wonder why 1203 is so late”

He said: “Oh they probably took off late,

or they may have run into some turbulent weather and had to alter the course”

I went back outside and waited at the gate

and I watched the beacon light from the control tower

as it whipped through the dark ebony skies if it were searching for –

My Ebony Eyes

And then came the announcement over the loudspeaker,

“Would those having relatives or friends on Flight number 1203

please report to the chapel across the street at once”

Then I felt a burning break deep inside

And I knew the heavenly ebony skies

Had taken my life's most wonderful prize

My beautiful Ebony Eyes

If I ever get, to heaven I'll bet

The first angel I'll recognise

She'll smile at me and I know she will be

My beautiful Ebony Eyes

(Ooooo).