Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnett
From "Make Mine Music"
Johnnie Fedora met Alice Bluebonnet in the window of a department store 'Twas love at first sight and they promised one night They'd be sweethearts for evermore
Johnnie would serenade Alice Tooralay, tooralie, tooraloo He sang of a beautiful palace Of a beautiful hat box for two
But Johnnie Fedora lost Alice Bluebonnet to a patron of the department store
Her beauty was sought by
The girl she was bought by for $23.94
Johnnie, oh, Johnnie, your Alice Bluebonnet
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
Johnnie Fedora was lonely and stranded
In the window of a department store
When lo and behold he was suddenly sold
And his heart became gay once more
Johnnie sang out like a robin
Tooralay, tooralie, tooraloo
To strangers he'd come up a bobbin'
Oh, 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
It all seemed in vain
Till he heard the refrain of the song
Alice sang of yore
Johnnie, oh Johnnie, your Alice Bluebonnet
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
Johnnie kept yearning He kept on returning to the window of the department store His voice became hushed He was literally crushed And it started to rain and pour Each place he went, he kept calling Tooralay, tooralie, tooraloo
His spirits kept falling and falling For his Alice was no where in view But hey, nonny, nonny, a nice man found Johnnie And he cut him to fit on his horse's ears 'Twas done without malice For beside him was Alice And they lived on for years and years
You Johnnie Fedoras, you Alice Bluebonnets Whenever you find yourself blue You'll find it's June in December If you just remember that true love will come smiling through That true love will come smiling through