Scarlet Ribbons

Scarlet Ribbons - The Browns

I peeked in to say goodnight

When I heard my child in prayer

Send me god some scarlet ribbons

Scarlet ribbons for my hair

All the stores were closed and shuttered

All the streets were dark and bare

In my town no scarlet ribbons

Not one ribbon for her hair

Through the night my heart was aching

Just before the dawn was breaking

I peeped in and on her bed

In gay profusion lying there

I saw a ribbon scarlet ribbons

Scarlet ribbons for her hair

If I live to be a hundred

I will never know from where

Came those lovely scarlet ribbons

Scarlet ribbons for her hair