Henson Cargill Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) Lyrics

Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) Lyrics

I peeked in to say goodnight and I heard my child in prayer



Send for me some scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for my hair



All the stores were closed and shuttered all the streets were dark and bare



In our town no scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for her hair







Through the night my heart was aching just before the dawn was breaking



I peeked in and on her bed in gay profusion laying there



Lovely ribbons scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for her hair







If I live to be one hundred I will never know from where



Came those lovely scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for her hair