Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

I peeked in to say goodnight
and I heard my child in prayer.
Please bring me some scarlet ribbons,
scarlet ribbons for my hair.

Searched all night, my heart was achin',
just before the dawn was breaking.
I peeked in and on her bed
in gay profusion lying there,
scarlet ribbons, lovely ribbons,
scarlet ribbons for her hair.

If I live to be a hundred,
I will never know from where
came those ribbons, lovely ribbons,
scarlet ribbons for her hair
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