Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
The Browns RCA Victor 47-7614
(Jack Segal/Evelyn Danzig) Mills Music Inc. ASCAP

{I peeped in to say good night
When I heard my child in prayer
"Send me, God, some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair"}

All the stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
{In my town no scarlet ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair}

Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
{I peeped in and on her bed
In gay profusion lying there
I saw a ribbon, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair}

If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
{Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair}