One evening when the sun was low my brown eyes
whispered, "I must go." Not one second
would she wait. She kissed my cheek and left my
gate.
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Those brown eyes I loved so well. Those brown eyes
I long to see. How I long for those brown eyes.
Strangers they have grown to be.
One night I met her on the street. I tipped my hat
but I could not speak. Another man was by her
side. Soon I thought she'd be his bride.
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'Twas just a year ago today, they laid my own
brown eyes away. Six long years for me she cried.
It was her brother by her side.
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whispered, "I must go." Not one second
would she wait. She kissed my cheek and left my
gate.
[ Chorus: ]
Those brown eyes I loved so well. Those brown eyes
I long to see. How I long for those brown eyes.
Strangers they have grown to be.
One night I met her on the street. I tipped my hat
but I could not speak. Another man was by her
side. Soon I thought she'd be his bride.
[ Chorus ]
'Twas just a year ago today, they laid my own
brown eyes away. Six long years for me she cried.
It was her brother by her side.
[ Chorus ]