Alice Blue Gown

This is a beautiful vintage print that my sister recently found on one of her antiqueing jaunts. It is just beautiful, as you can see. Printed on the bottom of the print, it says "Alice Blue Gown". I'm printing the lyrics to that old song below. However, I'm leaving off the author as I have found at least three writers who are attributed to writing it.

Alice Blue Gown

I once had a gown, it was almost new,

Oh, the daintiest thing,

it was sweet Alice blue,

With little forget-me-nots placed here and there,

When I had it on, oh, I walked on the air!

it wore, and it wore, and it wore,

'Til it went, and it wasn't no more.

In my sweet little Alice blue gown,

I first wandered down into town,

I was so proud inside,

As I felt every eye,

And in every shop window I primped, passing by.

A new manner of fashion I'd found,

And the world seemed to smile all around.

'Til it wilted, I wore it, I'll always adore it,

My sweet little Alice blue gown!

The little silk worms that made silk for that gown,

Just made that much silk and then crawled in the ground,

'Cause there never was anything like it before,

And I don't care to hope there will be any more!

And it's gone, 'cause it just had to be,

Still it wears in my memory.

In my sweet little Alice blue gown,

When I first wandered down into town,

I was so proud inside,

As I felt every eye, And in every shop window I primped, passing by.

A new manner of fashion I'd found,

And the world seemed to smile all around.

So it wouldn't be proper If made of silk were another,

My sweet little Alice blue gown!