Scarlet Ribbons

Diatonic Harmonica Tabs

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I peeked in, to say good night,
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When I heard my child in prayer.
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"Send, dear God, some scar-let rib-bons, 
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Scar-let rib-bons, for my hair"
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All the stores, were closed and shut-tered,
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All the streets were dark and bare,
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In our town, no scar-let rib-bons,
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Not one rib-bon, for her hair.
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Through the night, my heart was ach-ing,
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Just be-fore, the dawn was break-ing,
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I peeked in and on her bed
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In gay pro-fu-sion lay-ing there,
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I saw rib-bons, scar-let rib-bons,
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Scar-let rib-bons for her hair.
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If I live to be a hun-dred,
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I will nev-er know from where, 
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Came.-Those love-ly, scar-let, scar-let rib-bons,
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Scar-let rib-bons for her hair.