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