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      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      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      'T was 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      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