I peeked in to say good night
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When I heard my child in prayer
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And for me, some scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for my hair
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All our stores were closed
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and shuttered
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All the streets were
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dark and bare
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In our town, no scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair
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Through the night
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my heart was aching
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Just before
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the dawn was breaking
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I peeked in and on her bed
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In gay profusion lying there
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Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair
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If I live to be a hundred
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I will never know from where
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Came those lovely
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scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair
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est
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Yes, you are now rocking,
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you are now rocking,
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you are now rocking
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with the best
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Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
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| Harry Belafonte |
