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Alice Blue Gown
Words by Joseph McCarthy, Music by Harry Tierney - 1919
 Verse:
C C6 C C6
Dm Dm7 G9 G7              G+
C7 Gm7      C7 F6      Fmaj7       Fm6 C
Am6 Cdim Em                       B7 G9
C E7 Am Cm6
G Am7      D7 G7 -
 Chorus:
C Cmaj7 A -                 D7
- - - -
G7 - C A7
D7 - G7                       G+ G7
C Cmaj7 A -
Dm        A7      F6 G7 E7 -
Dm C                        Em7 A7
Dm        A7      F6 G7      Fm6      G7 C -    (G7 to chorus)
6-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
Note: This song is in 3/4 waltz time.
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Verse:
I once had a gown it was almost new,
Oh, the daintiest thing, it was sweet Alice Blue,
With little forgetmenots placed here and there,
When I had it on, I walked on the air,
And it wore, and it wore, and it wore,
Till it went and it wasnt' no more.
 
Chorus:
In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown,
When I first wandered down in to town,
I was both proud and shy, As I felt ev'ry eye,
But in ev'ry shop window I'd primp, passing by;
Then in manner of fashion I'd frown.
And the world seem'd to smile all around,
Till it wilted I wore it, I'll always adore it,
My sweet little Alice Blue Gown.
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Listen to Eddie Peabody play "Alice Blue Gown" on the Banjoline in 4/4 time (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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