<P> In 1990 , country novelty musician Ray Stevens produced a comedic version of the song . After a conventional balladic first verse with piano and strings , a Foghorn Leghorn character breaks in demanding `` a little fire in it ! '' Stevens launches into an upbeat `` hillbilly '' bluegrass tempo , interspersing each line with mocking jokes of those lines : the first line `` Take the ribbon from your hair , '' is followed by a ripping sound followed by a woman yelling , Spike Jones - style , and so on . Another comedic version was recorded by novelty group Big Daddy , which was performed in the style , and with musical references to The Coasters . A parody was called `` Help Me Make It Through the Yard '' by Pinkard & Bowden , in which the lyrics are altered to tell about the plight of a man coming home drunk : Take the rosebush from my hair , / Lord , it has a lot of thorns , / What 's the sprinkler doing on / At this hour of the morn ? ... </P>
<P> In 1990 , country novelty musician Ray Stevens produced a comedic version of the song . After a conventional balladic first verse with piano and strings , a Foghorn Leghorn character breaks in demanding `` a little fire in it ! '' Stevens launches into an upbeat `` hillbilly '' bluegrass tempo , interspersing each line with mocking jokes of those lines : the first line `` Take the ribbon from your hair , '' is followed by a ripping sound followed by a woman yelling , Spike Jones - style , and so on . Another comedic version was recorded by novelty group Big Daddy , which was performed in the style , and with musical references to The Coasters . A parody was called `` Help Me Make It Through the Yard '' by Pinkard & Bowden , in which the lyrics are altered to tell about the plight of a man coming home drunk : Take the rosebush from my hair , / Lord , it has a lot of thorns , / What 's the sprinkler doing on / At this hour of the morn ? ... </P>
who wrote take the ribbon from my hair
who wrote take the ribbon from my hair
Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens