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I peeked in to say good night
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And I heard my child in prayer
G Am7 D7 G
"And for me, some scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for my hair"
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All our town was closed and shuttered
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All the streets were dark and bare
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In our town, no scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair
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Through the night my heart was aching
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Just before the dawn was breaking
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I peeked in, and on her pillow
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In gay profusion lying there
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I saw ribbons, scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair
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If I live to be a hundred
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I will never know from where
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Came those ribbons, scarlet ribbons
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair