Scarlet Ribbons:Harry Belafonte.
Hit the top ten in 1956. The Browns
recorded it in 1959 and it went to #13.
#1. (Capo 7th fret for original.)
I peeked in to say good night,
and I heard my child in prayer.
'And for me, some scarlet ribbons,
scarlet ribbons for my hair.'
#2.
All the stores were closed and shuttered,
all the streets were dark and bare.
In our town, no scarlet ribbons,
scarlet ribbons for her hair.
CHORUS:
Through the night my heart was aching,
+
just before the dawn was break..ing..
#3.
I peeked in, and on her pillow,
in gay profusion, lying there.
I saw ribbons, scarlet ribbons,
scarlet ribbons for her hair.
CHORUS:#2.
If I live to be a hundred..
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I will never know from where..
#4.
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons,
scarlet ribbons for her hair.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.