Evelyn Danzig and Jack O. Segal's
"SCARLET RIBBONS" lyrics
I peeked in to say goodnight and then I heard my child in prayer.
"...and for me some scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for my hair."
All the stores were closed and shuttered.
All the streets were dark and bare.
for my child, no scarlet ribbons, not one ribbon for her hair.
Thru the night my heart was aching.
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 two hundred, I shall never, never know
from where came those lovely scarlet ribbons,
scarlet ribbons for her hair.
lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair.
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