Brown Eyes

DESCRIPTION: "One evening when the sun was low, Brown Eyes whispered, 'I must go.' Not one moment would she wait. She kissed my cheek and left the gate." He meets her with another man. She dies; he says she will be waiting for him in heaven
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (recording, Blue Sky Boys)
KEYWORDS: love separation death reunion
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Roberts-SangBranchSettlers, #21, "Those Brown Eyes" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3394
RECORDINGS:
Blue Sky Boys, "Brown Eyes" (BlueBird 8693, 1940)
File: Robe021

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