Alice Blue Gown - Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Johnny Hodges

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!