I Peeked In To Say Goodnight 
And Then I Heard My Child In Prayer: 
"And For Me 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 
Lovely Ribbons, Scarlet Ribbons 
Scarlet Ribbons For Her Hair 

If I Live To Be One Hundred 
I Shall Never Know From Where 
Came Those Lovely Scarlet Ribbons 
Scarlet Ribbons, For Her Hair