Scarlet Ribbons - Harry Belafonte D R

　　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 our stores were closed and shuttered

　　All the streets were dark and bare

　　In our town no scarlet ribbons

　　Scarlet ribbons for her hair

　　Through 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