In our town, no scarlet ribbons
I will never know from where
If I live to be two hundred
Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons
All the streets were dark and bare
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
I peeked in and on her bed
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
In gay profusion lying there
Through the night my heart was aching
"And for me some scarlet ribbons
Just before the dawn was breaking
All the stores were closed and shuttered
Not one ribbon for her hair
Scarlet ribbons for my hair"