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 Two Hundred,
I Will Never Know From Where,
Came Those Lovely Scarlet Ribbons,
Scarlet Ribbons, For Her Hair!

Music By Evelyn Danzig
With Lyrics By Jack Segal , 1949