Johnnie Fedora met Alice Blubonnet
In a window of the department store
'Twas love at first sight
And they promised one night
They'd be sweethearts forever more

Johnnie would serenade Alice
too-ra-lay, too-ra-lye, too-ra-loo!
He sang of beautiful palace
Of a beautiful hatbox 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 twenty-three ninety-four

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 the department store
When lo and behold he was suddenly sold
and his heart became gay once more

Johnnie sang out like a robin
too-ra-lay, too-ra-lye, too-ra-loo!
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
It all seemed in vain, Johnnie 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