Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

I peeked in to say goodnight
 And then 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
 Through the night my heart was aching
 Just before the dawn was breaking
 I peeked in and on her bed in gay profusion, laying there
 Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons, scarlet ribbons for her hair
 If I live to be two hundred
 I will never know from where
 Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
 Scarlet ribbons for her hair