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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 AUTHO-RIZED,

ME TO SEND FOR MY EBONY EYES.

MY EBONY EYES, WAS COMING TO ME, FROM OUT OF THE SKIES,

ON FLIGHT TWELVE - O – THREE. IN AN HOUR OR TWO,

I WOULD WHISPER: "I DO", TO MY BEAUTIFUL EBONY EYES.

THE PLANE WAS WAY OVER-DUE, SO I WENT INSIDE TO THE

AIRLINES 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 THEIR COURSE".

I WENT BACK OUTSIDE AND I WAITED AT THE GATE AND I WATCHED THE

BEACON LIGHT FROM THE CONTROL TOWER AS IT WHIPPED THROUGH THE DARK

( Backing Vocals )

EBONY SKIES AS IF IT WERE SEARCHING FOR, MY E - BO – NY EYES.

THEN CAME THE AN-NOUNCEMENT OVER THE LOUDSPEAKER:

"WOULD THOSE HAVING RELATIVES OR FRIENDS ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1203,

PLEASE RE-PORT TO THE CHAPEL ACROSS THE STREET AT ONCE".

THEN I FELT A BURNING BREAK DEEP IN-SIDE, AND I KNEW THE HEAVENLY

E- BO-NY SKIES. HAD TAKEN MY LIFE'S MOST WONDERFUL PRIZE,

MY BEAUTIFUL E-BO-NY EYES.

IF I EVER GET TO, HEAVEN I'LL BET, THE FIRST ANGEL I'LL RECOG-NIZE.

SHE'LL SMILE AT ME AND I KNOW SHE WILL BE,

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MY BEAUTIFUL -BO-NY -YES.

The above song, not owned by me, represents my interpretation

and may differ from the original.

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