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 
And it wore, and it wore, and it wore 
'Til it went, and it wasn't no more 

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 
'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