I peeked in to say goodnight
And then I heard my child in prayer
Send to me some scarlett ribbons
Scarlett ribbons for my hair

All the stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In our town, no scarlett ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair

Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
I peeked in and on her bed
A gay profusion lying there

I saw ribbons, lovely ribbons
Scarlett ribbons for her hair

If I live to be two hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovel ribbons, scarlett ribbons
Scarlett ribbons for her hair

Umm Umm Umm Umm Umm  Umm
Umm Umm Umm Umm Umm  Umm.

