Ebony Eyes

On a weekend pass
I wouldn't have had time
To get home and marry
That baby of mine

So I went to the chaplin
And he authorised
Me to send
For my ebony eyes

My ebony eyes
Was coming to me
From out of this town
On flight 1203

And an hour or two
I would whisper I do
To my beautiful ebony eyes

Her plane was way overdue
So I went inside to the airlines desk, and I said sir,
I wonder why 1203 is so late?
He said they probably took off late and ran into some turbulent weather and
Had to alter the course
So I went back outside
And I waited at the gate
As I watched the beacon light from the control tower
As it whipped through the dark ebony skies
As if it was searching for
(My ebony eyes)
And then came the announcement over the loud speaker
Would those having relatives or friends on flight number 1203
Please report to the chapel across the street at once

Then I felt a burn
Way deep inside
And I knew that the heavenly ebony sky
Had taken my last
Most wonderful prize
My beautiful ebony eyes

If I ever get
To heaven I bet
The first thing that I recognise
She'll smile at me
And I know she will be
My beautiful ebony eyes