Gordon, Anna A; Lathbury, Mary A; Molloy, J. L. 'The Ribbon White' in 'White Ribbon Hymnal or Echoes of the Crusade' . Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, 1892. [format: book], [genre: song]. Permission: Northern Illinois University
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Mary A. Lathbury.
J. L. Molloy.

Vivace.

1. O the ribbon, the white ribbon!
Seal of service, dissent from sin.
Royal hearts that are beating under it
Wear the color and the sign within.

CHORUS.
O the sight of it!
O the light of it!
White as morning on shadows furled;
Wreathe the the ribbon, the white, white ribbon,
Wreathe the the ribbon around the world!

2. Shield of every heart that's wearing it,
Truce to trouble, to want, to tears;
Love devised it, and love it bearing it
Round the world, with the flowing years.

CHORUS.