Dm  Bb  C
Dm  Eb  C

[Verse]
         F           C           F
Deep and dark are my true love's eyes
        Bb           C      F
Blacker still is the winter turning
                  Bb  C   F
As the sadness of parting proves
             Bb         C       F
And brighter now is the lantern burning
                 Bb   C  F
That lightens my path to her

[Verse]
C         F         C        F
No fiddle tune will take the air
         Bb            C      F
But I'll see her swift feet a-dancing
                     Bb   C     F
And the swirl of her long brown hair
            Bb           C         F
Her smiling face and her dark eyes glancing
                      Bb C    Dm
As we stepped up from Banbury Fair

[Instrumental]
C  Bb  C    Dm  Eb  C

[Verse]
      F       C        F
If my waiting prove in vain
          Bb             C    F
Then I'll pack and track ever take me
                       Bb   C   F
And the long road will ease my  pain
            Bb           C    F        Bb F
No jewelled mankind will ever make me
               Bb    C F
Whisper love's words again

[Verse]
C      F          C         F
For in drink I'll seek good company
             Bb            C        F
My ears will ring with the tavern's laughter
                      Bb   C     F
And I'll hear not her last sweet sigh
             Bb          C       F
And who's to know in the morning after
                   Bb   C    F    C  F
How I long for her dear dark eyes
                   Bb   C    F    C  F
And I long for her dear dark eyes
                   Bb   C    F    C
How I long for her dear dark eyes