Transcribed from vocals by Edith Day, recorded
Feb. 2, 1920, (from the musical Irene)
From The
Broadway Musical, vol 1: 1918 - 1929, Chansons Actualites; CIN025.
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, oh, I walked
on the air!
And it wore, and it wore, and it
wore,
'Til it went, and it wasn't no
more.
In my sweet little Alice blue gown,
When I first wandered down into
town,
I was so proud inside,
As I felt every eye,
And in every shop window I primped,
passing by.
A new manner of fashion I'd found,
And the world seemed to smile all
around.
'Til 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,
'Cause there never was anything
like it before,
And I don't care to hope there
will be any more!
And 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 wandered down into
town,
I was so proud inside,
As I felt every eye,
And in every shop window I primped,
passing by.
A new manner of fashion I'd found,
And the world seemed to smile all
around.
So it wouldn't be proper
If made of silk were another,
My sweet little Alice blue gown!
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