Capo 7th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

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.'

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..

I peeked in, and on her pillow,

 in gay profusion, lying there.

I saw ribbons, scarlet ribbons,

scarlet ribbons for her hair.

Chorus

If I live to be a hundred..

I will never know from where..

Came those lovely scarlet ribbons,

scarlet ribbons for her hair.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.