If I Had a Ribbon Bow

[Chorus]
If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair
If I had a fancy sash my own true love would think me fair

[Verse 1]
When he'd go to Frankfurt to loggin' on the rise
He'd bring me back with his own hands a very pretty prize

[Chorus]
If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair
If I had a fancy sash my own true love would think me fair

[Verse 2]
If I was like the city born and fair with smart
Ne'er a lad in all them parts would know my heart

[Verse 3]
Then I'd live in Frankfurt where all the lawin' goes
I'd lark about them settlements a-wearin' foreign clothes

[Chorus]
If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair
If I had a fancy sash my own true love would think me fair

[Verse 4]
My red heels would go a-flashin' where e'er my fancy should
My love would see and wish that he had taken me when he could

[Chorus]
If I had a ribbon bow to bind my hair
If I had a fancy sash my own true love would think me fair