Scarlett Ribbons (For Her Hair)

[Verse One]
I peeked in to say goodnight
And I heard my child in prayer
And for me some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair

[Verse Two]
All the stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In our town, no scarlet ribbon
Not one ribbon for all her hair
Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking

[Verse Three]
On her bed, in gay profusion
Lovely ribbon, lying there
Lovely ribbon, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair

[Verse Four]
If I live to be a hundred
I will never know where
Came the lovely scarlet ribbon
Scarlet ribbon for her hair