* I once had a gown it was almost new *

"In my sweet little Alice blue gown"

I once had a gown it was almost new,
Oh, the daintiest thing,
It was sweet Alice blue;
With little for-get-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,
When I first wander'd down into town
I was both proud and shy,
As i felt ev'ry eye,
But in ev'ry shop window
I'd primp, passing by
Then in a 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 then crawled in the ground,
For there never was any thing like it before,
And I don't dare to hope
There will be anymore,
But it's gone "cause it just had to be,
Still it wears in my memory.

In my sweet little Alice blue gown,
When I first wander'd down into town
I was both proud and shy,
As i felt ev'ry eye,
But in ev'ry shop window
I'd primp, passing by
Then in a 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.

Harry Tierney (m) - Joseph McCarthy (w)
- 1919 -

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