I peeked in to say goodnight when I heard my child in prayer
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Send dear God some scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for my hair
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All the stores were closed and shuttered all the streets were dark and bare
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In our town no scarlet ribbons not one ribbon for her hair
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Through the night my heart was aching just before the dawn was breaking
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I peeked in and on her bed in gay profusion laying there
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I saw ribbons scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for her hair
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If I live to be a hundred I will never know from where
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Came those lovely scarlet ribbons scarlet ribbons for her hair
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Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)
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| Jim Ed Brown |
