Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Flute - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1293148 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by BRIAN W. COPPING. Classical,Contest,Festival,Historic,Traditional. 11 pages. EMK Music #883782. Published by EMK Music (A0.1293148). Dark Eyes, sometimes known as āBlack Eyesā, has its roots in both The Ukraine and in Russia. Although it was originally known as a āRussian- Romaniā folksong, at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, it achieved a much wider international reputation when Italian-born British composer, Adalgiso Ferraris, published a new version in 1910. It was also later sung and recorded by Al Bowlly in 1939. It has also gained some currency as a jazz tune.