Scarlett Ribbons Lyrics

Scarlett Ribbons lyrics

I peek in to say goodnight
And I heard my child in prayer
"And for me some
scarlett ribbons
Scarlett ribbons for my hair"

All the stores were
closed and shuddered
All the streets were dark and bare
In our town no
scarlett ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair

Through the night my
heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
I'd peeked in and on
her bed
A gay profusion lying there

Lovely ribbons, scarlett
ribbons
Scarlett ribbons for her hair

If I live to be two
hundred
I will never know from where
Came those ribbons, lovely
ribbons
Scarlett ribbons for her hair