Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) Lyrics - Jim Ed Brown

I peeked in to say goodnight 

When I heard my child in prayer 

"Send, dear God, 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 lying there 

I saw 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