Very lovely song - one of my preferites. Very strange it is still not in DT.
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The following is the version sung by Sean Tyrrell on the CD "Cry of a dreamer" (Hannibal-Rykodisk 1995).
I know another version (slightly different) sung by Ry Cooder on "The Chieftains - The long black veil" (BMG-RCA).
Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains) says:
"My grandmother used to sing this song at trad houses parties in the Sliabh Bloom Mountains of central Ireland. I can still remember her sitting on an old wooden milk churn in a country kitchen singing a version she called Little Maid from Malabar"

E N J O Y!

COAST OF MALABAR

Far away across the ocean
Beneath an Indian star
Lives a little dark eyed maiden
On the coast of Malabar

In the harbour where we anchored
I could see her shy and sweet
With a blossom on her bosom
And the wild waves at her feet

I can see the crowded city
The palm trees green and tall
And the starry night she danced with me
Inside those city wall

She gave a little wistful glance
As she looked across the bay
And she whispered if you love me
Why do you sail away

I must go my little dark eyes
I must go my Indian star
But I'll come again and love you
On the coast of Malabar

In my dreams I oft-times wander
To that far off Indian sea
And the days we spent together
They come back again to me

I can see the crowded city
The palm trees on the shore
But that little dark-eyed maiden
She's there no more no more

Fare thee well my little dark eyes
Fare thee well my Indian star
In my dreams I will live forever
On the Coast of Malabar

recorded by Sean Tyrrel on "Cry of a dreamer"
recorded by Ry Cooder on "The Chieftains - The long Black Veil"

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Ezio, Italy