Lyrics and translation Harry Belafonte - Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

Rubans écarlates (Pour ses cheveux)

I peeked in to say good-night

J'ai jeté un coup d'œil pour dire bonne nuit

When I heard my child in prayer

Quand j'ai entendu mon enfant prier

"And for me, some scarlet ribbons

"Et pour moi, des rubans écarlates

Scarlet ribbons for my hair"

Des rubans écarlates pour mes cheveux"

All our stores were closed and shuttered

Tous nos magasins étaient fermés et condamnés

All the streets were dark and bare

Toutes les rues étaient sombres et désertes

In our town, no scarlet ribbons

Dans notre ville, pas de rubans écarlates

Not one ribbons for her hair

Pas un seul ruban pour ses cheveux

Through the night, my heart was aching

Toute la nuit, mon cœur était déchiré

Just before the dawn was breaking

Juste avant que l'aube ne se lève

I peeked in and on her bed

J'ai jeté un coup d'œil et sur son lit

In gay profusion lying there

Dans une profusion gaie qui y gisait

Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons

De beaux rubans, des rubans écarlates

Scarlet ribbons for her hair

Des rubans écarlates pour ses cheveux

If I live to be a hundred

Si je vis jusqu'à cent ans

I will never know from where

Je ne saurai jamais d'où

Came those lovely scarlet ribbons

Venaient ces beaux rubans écarlates

Scarlet ribbons for her hair

Des rubans écarlates pour ses cheveux

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Writer(s): Jack Segal, Evelyn Levine

Album

Very Best of Harry Belafonte

date of release

06-11-2001

1 Angelina
2 Jump in the Line
3 Jamaica Farewell
4 Cu-Cu-Ru-Cu-Cu Paloma
5 Two Brothers
6 Mary's Boy Child
7 I'm Just a Country Boy
8 Cotton Fields
9 Jump Down Spin Around
10 Mama Look A Boo Boo
11 Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
12 Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
13 Suzanne (Every Night When the Sun Goes Down)
14 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
15 Hold 'Em Joe
16 Done Laid Around (AKA Gotta Travel On)
17 Land of the Sea and Sun
18 Bam Bam Bamba
19 Island in the Sun
20 Gomen Nasai (Forgive Me)
21 Angelique-O
22 Coconut Woman
23 Jamaica Farewell (Remastered)
24 Day-O (Banana Boat) - Remastered
25 Suzanne (Every Night When The Sun Goes Down) - REMASTERED
26 Man Smart (Woman Smarter) - REMASTERED
27 Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma - Remastered
28 Mary's Boy Child (Remastered)
29 Land Of The Sea And Sun - REMASTERED
30 Island in the Sun (Remastered)
31 Angelique-O (Remastered)
32 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) - Remastered
33 Cotton Fields (Remastered)

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