This beautiful song was sung to me as a child and now my mum
or Nanna Jill as my kids call her, sings it to them.
She sings it to Rosie and she loves the story of the two hats in love.
My 93 year old Pop, my mums dad,
reminded us all the other night that he used to sing it to
my mum and her brother and sister too.
He remembered all the words and sung a few lines
much to the contentment of my soul.
I remember having these gorgeous story books
with records [old school I know].
We would sit and listen to them for hours.
The good old days. Never thought I would say that!
Never thought I would need to know the
words to sing it to my kids when they asked either,
but here they are.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
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
'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
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