Scarlet Ribbons
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 . . .
In our town, no
scarlet ribbons,
Not one ribbon 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
lying there,
Lovely ribbons,
scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons
for her hair . . .
If I live to be
two hundred,
I will never know
from where,
Came those lovely
scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons,
for her hair!
Music by
Evelyn Danzig
with lyrics by
Jack Segal , 1949
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