Words To Irene   "Alice Blue Gown"

Alice Blue Gown
From
Musical Comedy "Irene"

I once had a gown, it was almost new,
Oh, the daintiest thing, it was sweet Alice Blue;
With Little forget-me-nots placed here and there,
When I had it on I walked on air,
And it wore, and it wore, and it wore,
Till it went and it wasn,t no more.

In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown,
I first wandered down into town,
I was both proud and shy,
As I felt every eye;
But in every shop window i'd primp, passing by
Then in manner of fashion i'd frown,
And the world seemed to smile all around.
Till it wilted, I wore it,
I,ll always adore it,
My sweet little Alice Blue Gown.

The little silk-worms that made silk for that gown,
Just made that much silk and crawled in the ground,
For there was never anything like it before,
And I don't dare to hope there will be anymore.
Oh it's gone 'cause it just had to be,
Still it wears in my memory.

Words By
Joseph McCarthy