I peeked in to say goodnight
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And I heard my child in prayer
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Send to me some scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair.
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All the stores were closed and shuttered
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All the streets were 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 great profusion laying 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 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 scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair...
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Scarlet Ribbons
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| Bobby Bare |
