Deep and dark are my true love's eyes Blacker still is the winter turning As the sadness of parting proves And brighter now is the lantern burning That lightens my path to her No fiddle tune will take the air But I'll see her swift feet a-dancing And the swirl of her long brown hair Her smiling face and her dark eyes glancing As we stepped up from Banbury Fair If my waiting prove in vain Then I'll pack and track ever take me And the long road will ease my pain No jewelled mankind will ever make me Whisper love's words again For in drink I'll seek good company My ears will ring with the tavern's laughter And I'll hear not her last sweet sigh And who's to know in the morning after How I long for her dear dark eyes And I long for her dear dark eyes How I long for her dear dark eyes