Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
Written by Evelyn Danzig and Jack Segal
Originally released by Jo Stafford in 1949
Verse 1
I peeked in to say goodnight
When I heard my child in prayer
“Send me down some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair.”
Verse 2
All the shops were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In the town no scarlet ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair
Verse 3
Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
In the town no scarlet ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair
Verse 4
I peeked in and on the bed
In gay profusion lying there
Scarlet ribbons, lovely ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
Verse 5
If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
Originally released by Jo Stafford in 1949
Verse 1
I peeked in to say goodnight
When I heard my child in prayer
“Send me down some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair.”
Verse 2
All the shops were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In the town no scarlet ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair
Verse 3
Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
In the town no scarlet ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair
Verse 4
I peeked in and on the bed
In gay profusion lying there
Scarlet ribbons, lovely ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
Verse 5
If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
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