Scarlet Ribbons

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I peeked in to say good night,
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And I heard my child in prayer.
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"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.

Bridge 1:

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Through the night my heart was aching;
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Just before the dawn was break-ing,

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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.

Bridge 2:

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If I live to be a hun-dred
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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.