Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue   Wrap your presents to your darling from you   Pretty pencils to write I love you   Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue      Crowded streets, busy feet, hustle by him   Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh   And there he sits all alone on the sidewalk   Hoping that you won't pass him by      Should you stop? Better not, much too busy   You better hurry, my how time does fly   And in the distance the ringing of laughter   And in the midst of the laughter he cries      Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue   Wrap your presents to your darling from you   Pretty pencils to write I love you   Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue      Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue   Wrap your presents to your darling from you   Pretty pencils to write I love you   Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue   Oh, pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue