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 authorized
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 overdue so i went inside to the airlines
My eb-on-y eyes
Then came the announcement over the loudspeaker "would
Then i felt a burning break deep inside
And i knew the heavenly ebony skies
Had taken my life's most wonderful prize
My beautiful ebony eyes
If i ever get to heaven i'll bet
The first angel i'll recognize
She'll smile at me and i know she will be
My beautiful ebony eyes