Scarlet Ribbons

You know I peeked in to say goodnight When I heard my child in prayer She said, "And for me some scarlet ribbons Scarlet ribbons for my hair" All the stores were closed and shuttered And all the streets were dark and bare And in our town no scarlet ribbons Not one ribbon for her hair And through the night my heart was aching And 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 Ooh, tragic Now one more man believes in magic And if I live to be a hundred Well, I will never, 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