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 forever more

Johnnie would serenade Alice
Too-ra-lay, too-ra-lye, too-ra-loo!
He sang of a 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'
"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
Too-ra-lay, too-ra-lye, too-ra-loo!
His spirits kept falling and falling
For his Alice was nowhere in view
But hey nonny nonny, an ice 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 Fedora's, you Alice Bluebonnet's
Whenever you find yourself blue
You'll find it's June in December if you'll just remember
That true love will come smiling through

That true love will come smiling through!