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Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
Johnny Fedora met Alice Blue Bonnet
in the window of a department store.
Twas love at first sight, and they promised one night
They'd be sweethearts forever more.

Johnny would serenade Alice.
Tooralay, tooralie, tooraloo.
He sang of a beautiful palace,
Of a beautiful hat box for two.

But Johnny Fedora lost Alice Blue Bonnet to a patron of the department store
Her beauty was sought by
the girl she was bought by for $23.94.

Johnny, oh Johnny, your Alice Blue Bonnet
Will always be waiting for you.
So don't give up hoping and don't give up dreaming,
For true love will come smiling through.

Johnny Fedora was lonely and stranded
In the window of the department store.
When low and behold he was suddenly sold.
And his heart became gay once more.

Johnny sang out like a robin.
Tooralay, tooralie, tooraloo.
To strangers he'd come up a bobbin.
I thought you were someone I knew.

He looked for her uptown and cross town
and downtown
From the Brooklyn Bridge to the Jersey
shore.
When it all seemed in vain,
Johnny heard the refrain of the song
Alice sang of yore.

Johnny, oh Johnny, your Alice Blue
Bonnet.
Will always be waiting for you.
So don't give up hoping and don't give
up dreaming,
For true love will come smiling through.

Miscellaneous
Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet