A popular song from 1893
Words and music by Daisy McGeoch
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Two eyes of grey that used to be so bright
What is the shadow veiling all your light
Why do the tears usurp the place
Of just the sweetest light I ever saw
In any woman’s face
Two sad grey eyes so tired and desolate
I’d give the world if it could be my fate
To dry the tears that blind your eyes
And make their coldness
Glow with love for me
For you my whole soul cries
It breaks my heart to see
Your dear grey eyes so sad