Lirik Lagu | Scarlet Ribbons - THE CATS | Song With Lyrics

Scarlet Ribbons merupakan lagu folk yang ditulis oleh Evelyn Danzig dan liriknya oleh Jack Segal. Lagu ini pertama kali dirilis pada tahun 1949 oleh penyanyi Jo Stafford dan berhasil menduduki posisi 14 Billboard's chart pada tahun 1950. Lagu ini banyak dibawakan ulang oleh penyanyi lainnya di kemudian hari seperti; Harry Belafonte (1952), The Browns (1959), Cliff Richard (1991) serta Sinéad O'Connor (1992) dalam album ketiganya yang berjudul Am I Not Your Girl? . Sedangkan The Cats, band asal Belanda membawakannya pada tahun 1969 sebagai bagian dari album mereka yang berjudul Colour Us Gold (1969).

The Cats merupakan band rock asal Belanda yang didirikan di Volendam pada tahun 1964. Mereka aktif antara tahun 1964 sampai tahun 1985 dengan masa-masa suksesnya antara tahun 1968 sampai tahun 1975. Banyak lagu hit yang mereka hasilkan diantaranya yang paling terkenal adalah lagu "One Way Wind" yang dirilis di 38 negara dan masuk Top 10 tangga lagu dibeberapa negara dan no 1 di Swiss. Lagu ini juga di cover oleh lebih dari 150 penyanyi lain.

Anggota band-nya terdiri dari; Cees Veerman (vocals/guitar/percussion), Piet Veerman (vocals/guitar), Theo Klouwer (drums), Jaap Schilder (guitar) dan Piet Keizer (guitar; for three years).

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"Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" is a popular folk style ballad. The music was written by Evelyn Danzig and the lyrics by Jack Segal. "Scarlet Ribbons" was first released by Jo Stafford in 1949. In January 1950, Stafford's version reached No. 14 on Billboard's chart of "Records Most Played by Disc Jockeys". "Scarlet Ribbons" was written in only 15 minutes in 1949 at Danzig's home in Port Washington, New York after she invited lyricist Segal to hear her music. The Cats cover this song for their album Colour Us Gold (1969). This album contains of 14 songs and Scarlet Ribbons on track no 1.

The Cats were a Dutch rock band formed in Volendam in 1964. They were active (with a few interruptions) from 1964 until 1985 and had their most successful period from 1968 until 1975. Of the many hits the band had at home and abroad, the biggest one is "One Way Wind", which was released in 38 countries and a top ten number in several of them, of which it was a number one in Switzerland. In Germany it sold more than a million copies. The song has been covered by some 150 other artists. The number was written by Arnold Muhren, bass-player and chief composer.

Further band members were Cees Veerman (vocals/guitar/percussion) and Piet Veerman (vocals/guitar), Theo Klouwer (drums), and Jaap Schilder (guitar) and Piet Keizer (guitar; for three years).

Lyrics of the song:
Scarlet Ribbons

I peeked in to say goodnight
When I heard my child in prayer
"And for me, some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair"

All our stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark en bare
In our town, no scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair

Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
In our town, no scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair

I peeked in and on her bed
In gay profusion lying there
Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair

If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovely scerlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair