Scarlet Ribbons

You know I peeked in to say goodnight

When I heard my child in prayer

She said, And for me some scarlet ribbons

Scarlet ribbons for my hair

All the stores were closed and shuttered

And all the streets were dark and bare

In our town, no scarlet ribbons

Not one ribbon for her hair

Through the night my heart was aching

And just before the dawn was breaking

I peeked in and on her bed

In gay profusion lying there,

Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons.

Scarlet ribbons for her hair

If I live to be a hundred

I will never, never know from where

Came those lovely scarlet ribbons

Scarlet Ribbons for her hair

Scarlet ribbons, there's magic in the air

Scarlet, scarlet ribbons for her hair