Scarlett Ribbons

I peeked in to say Good-night
And then I heard my child in pray'r,
"And for me some Scar-let Rib-bons,
Scar-let Rib-bons  for  my  hair."

All the stores were closed and shut-tered,
All the streets were  dark  and bare,
In our town no Scar-let Rib-bons,
Not one rib-bon  for  her hair.

Thru the night  my heart was ach-ing,
Just be-fore the dawn was break-ing,
I peeked in and  on her  bed 
In gay pro-fu-sion  ly-ing there,
Love-ly rib-bons, Scar-let Rib-bons,
Scar-let Rib-bons  for her hair.

If I live  to   be  two hun-dred___
I will nev-er know from where,
Came those love-ly Scar-let Rib-bons,
Scar-let Rib-bons for__ her__ hair. 

Circa 1949
Words by Jack Segal
Music by Evelyn Danzig