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I peeked in to say good-night |
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When 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 the stores were 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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Not one 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 bed |
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In gay profusion lying there |
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Lovely 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 lovely scarlet ribbons |
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Scarlet ribbons for her hair... |