I peeked in to say good-night
When I heard my child in prayer
And for me some Scarlet Ribbons

Scarlet Ribbons for my hair

All the stores were closed

And shuttered
All the streets
Were dark and bare

In our town no Scarlet Ribbons
Not one ribbon for her hair


Thru the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
I peeked in and on her bed

In gay profusion lying there
Lovely ribbons, 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


Scarlet Ribbons
There's magic in the air
Scarlet, Scarlet Ribbons

For her hair