If I Had a Ribbon Bow

If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair

If I had a fancy sash my own true love would think me fair

When he'd go to Frankfurt to loggin' on the rise

He'd bring me back with his own hands a very pretty prize

If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair

If I had a fancy sash my own true love would think me fair

If I was like the city born and fair with smart

Ne'er a lad in all them parts would know my heart

Then I'd live in Frankfurt where all the lawin' goes

I'd lark about them settlements a-wearin' foreign clothes

If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair

If I had a fancy sash my own true love would think me fair

My red heels would go a-flashin' where e'er my fancy should

My love would see and wish that he had taken me when he could

If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair

If I had a fancy sash my own true love would think me fair