She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Anonymous
| Original | As recorded by MITCH MILLER & THE GANG |
| SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND HER NECK SHE WEARS A YELLOW RIBBON Susie Simpkins in the village papers Read about these soldiers manly capers And made up her mind That a soldier's bonnie bride she'd be Volunteers were called a little later Big Si Hubbard stopped a-hoeing 'taters Fell right into line And mustered with a company She cried and kissed him when he marched away And she vowed to keep him in her mind each day 'Round her neck she wears a yeller ribbon She wears it in the Winter and the Summer so they say If you ask her, "Why the decoration?" She'll say, "It's fur my lover who is fur, fur away" Fur away (fur away) fur away (fur away) If she is milkin' cows or mowin' hay 'Round her neck she wears a yeller ribbon She wears it fur her lover who is fur, fur away 'Round her neck she wears a yeller ribbon She wears it in the winter and the summer so they say If you ask her, "Why the decoration?" She'll say, "It's fur my lover who is fur, fur away" Fur away (fur away) fur away (fur away) If she is milkin' cows or mowin' hay 'Round her neck she wears a yeller ribbon She wears it fur her lover who is fur, fur away Months rolled by and patiently she waited Read the war news, greatly agitated No word from her boy Till a letter from his Captain said "Your beau, Silas, he went out a-gunnin' Soon he had the enemy a-runnin'" Susie wept for joy Though further on the letter read "The enemy can run some, you can bet But they couldn't capture Si, he's runnin' yet" (Runnin' yet) 'Round her neck she wears a yeller ribbon She wears it in the Winter and the Summer so they say If you ask her, "Why the decoration?" She'll say, "It's fur my lover who is fur, fur away" Fur away (fur away) fur away (fur away) If she is milkin' cows or mowin' hay 'Round her neck she wears a yeller ribbon She wears it fur her lover who is fur, fur away | SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon She wore it in the Springtime and in the month of May, Hey! Hey! And if you ask her why the heck she wore it She wore it for her lover who was far, far away Far away, far away, far away, far away Oh, she wore it for her lover who was far, far away Far away, far away, far away, far away Oh, she wore it for her lover who was far, far away Around her knee she wore a purple garter She wore it in the Springtime and in the month of May, Hey! Hey! And if you ask her why the heck she wore it She wore it for her lover who was far, far away Far away, far away, far away, far away Oh, she wore it for her lover who was far, far away Far away, far away, far away, far away Oh, she wore it for her lover who was far, far away Behind the door her father kept a shotgun He kept it in the Springtime and in the month of May, Hey! Hey! And if you ask him why the heck he kept it He kept it for her lover who was far, far away Far away, far away, far away, far away Oh, he kept it for her lover who was far, far away Far away, far away, far away, far away Oh, he kept it for her lover who was far, far away And on the wall she keeps a marriage licence She keeps it in the Springtime and in the month of May, Hey! Hey! And if you ask her why the heck she keeps it She keeps it for her lover who was far, far away Far away, far away, far away, far away Oh, she keeps it for her lover who was far, far away Far away, far away, far away, far away Oh, she keeps it for her lover who was far, far away |
