Alice Blue Gown

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 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 both proud and shy, as I felt every eye And in every shop window I primped passing by Then in manner of fashion, I'd frown 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 For there never was anything like it before And I don't dare to hope there will be any more 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 wandered down into town I was both proud and so shy, as I felt every eye And in every shop window I primped passing by Then in manner of fashion, I'd frown 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 --- Alice Blue Gown - Louis Prima and Wingy Manone