Classic Poem

VERSE 1

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,
Till it went and it wasn't no more.

REFRAIN

In my sweet little Alice blue gown,
When I first wandered 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 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.

VERSE 2

The little silkworms 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 anymore.
But it's gone, 'cause it just had to be,
Still it wears in my memory.

REPEAT REFRAIN