JOHNNY FEDORA & ALICE BLUE BONNET

from 1946b Disney animation film "Make Mine Music
sung by The Andrews Sisters
(Allie Wrubel / Ray Gilbert)

The Andrews Sisters
with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians
recorded November 19th 1945 New York


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 for evermore.

Johnny would serenade Alice,
Tooralay, tooralye, tooraloo.
He sang of a beautiful palace,
Of a beautiful hatbox 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 twenty three ninety four.

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 lo and behold
He was suddenly sold,
And his heart became gay once more.

Johnny sang out like a robin,
Tooralay, tooralye, tooraloo, la-da-la.
To strangers he'd come up a-bobbin',
"I thought you were someone I knew!".

He looked for her uptown and crosstown 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!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2016)