Jo Stafford - Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

[ Pretty, pretty ribbons, lovely, lovely ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair]

I peeked in to say goodnight,
And then I heard my baby's prayer.
"And for me some scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons for my hair."

[ Pretty, pretty ribbons, lovely, lovely ribbons]

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.
[ Any single 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.

[ Pretty, pretty ribbons, lovely, lovely ribbons]
Scarlet ribbons for her hair

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