She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Album: Never Tired of Music in the Morgan Manner (1949)
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  • Round her neck she wore a yellow ribbon
    She wore it in the winter and the merry month of May
    When I asked her, "Why the yellow ribbon?"
    She said, "It's for my lover who is far, far away"

    Far away, far away, far away, far away
    She said, "It's for my lover who is far, far away"
    Far away, far away, far away, far away
    She said, "It's for my lover who is far, far away"

    When, at first, she met a winsome Johnny
    He wasn't sure her heart was pure, her eyes were far too bold
    So, round her neck he tied a yellow ribbon
    He tied a yellow ribbon 'cause it matched her hair of gold

    Hair of gold, hair of gold
    He tied a yellow ribbon 'cause it matched her hair of gold
    Hair of gold, hair of gold
    He tied a yellow ribbon, for her eyes were far too bold

    If, perchance, you spy a lovely maiden
    And by her side, there walks with pride a Johnny strong and gay
    And round her neck there is a yellow ribbon
    No matter how you love her, please stay far, far away

    Far away, far away, far away, far away
    No matter how you love her, please stay far, far away
    Far away, far away, far away, far away
    Her love is for another, so stay far, far away
    Far far away

    Round her neck she wore a yellow ribbon
    She wore it in the winter and the merry month of May
    When I asked her, "Why the yellow ribbon?"
    She said, "It's for my lover who is far, far away"

    Far away, far away
    She said, It's for my lover who is far, far away
    Far away, far away
    She said, It's for my lover who is far, far away
    Far, far away
    For her lover who is far, far away Lyrics from a song in Public Domain

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