Édith Piaf "Johnny Fedora et Alice Blue Bonnet" lyrics

Johnny Fedora et Alice Blue Bonnet

Alice et Johnnie, c'est ainsi qu'on nommeDans la vitrine du grand bazarUn beau chapeau d'hommeEt un p'tit bonnet bleuPrès de lui posé par hasard

Il lui chante des romancesLa la la...En rêvant d'un carton immensePour pouvoir habiter tous les deux

Oui mais la malchanceEntre dans la danseCela devait venir tôt ou tardLe chapeau de femmeEst vendu en réclamePour trente-cinq francs trois quarts

Johnnie, oh, Johnnie, ton petit bonnet bleuS'en va des larmes plein les yeuxMais garde confianceAvec l'espéranceEt tout finira pour le mieux

Le pauvre Johnnie a des idées noiresDans la vitrine du grand bazarPourtant un beau jourIl séduit à son tourUn monsieur passé par hasard

Parmi la foule, il appelleLa la la...Croyant reconnaître sa belleOh! Chaque fois qu'il croise un bonnet bleu

Il cherche sa belleDepuis les ruellesDes vieux faubourgs jusqu'aux grands boulevardsQuand il croit entendreSa voix douce et tendreCela lui donne l'cafard

Johnnie, oh, Johnnie, ton petit bonnet bleuPeut-être vit sous d'autres cieuxMais garde confianceAvec l'espéranceEt tout finira pour le mieux

Mais les jours passentRôdant l'âme lasseIl revient parfois vers le grand bazarBattu, repousséRoulant sur le pavéPauvre Johnnie n'a plus d'espoir

Sa belle Alice aux yeux tendresLa la la...Jamais plus ne pourra l'entendreC'est la fin de son rêve si doux

Un livreur de glaceLe taille et le placeSur la crinière d'un de ses chevauxComment est coifféLe cheval d'à côté ?C'est Alice au regard si beau

Ta ti da la la...Johnnie, oh, Johnnie, et toi, cher bonnet bleuVous êtes réunis tous les deuxVous avez gardé confianceAvec l'espéranceVos rêves seront toujours bleus

Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet

Johnnie Fedora met Alice Bluebonnetin the window of a department store.'Twas love at first sight and they promised one nightthey'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 Bluebonnetto a patron of the department store.Her beauty was sought by the girl she was bought byfor twenty-three ninety-four.

Johnnie, oh Johnnie!Your Alice Bluebonnetwill always be waiting for you.So don't give up hoping and don't give up dreamingfor true love will come smiling through.

Johnnie Fedora was lonely and strandedin the window of the department store.When lo and behold he was suddenly soldand 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 refrainof the song Alice sang of yore.

Johnnie, oh Johnnie!Your Alice Bluebonnetwill always be waiting for you.So don't give up hoping and don't give up dreamingfor true love will come smiling through.

Johnnie kept yearning, he kept on returningto 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 fallingfor his Alice was nowhere in view.

But hey nonny nonny, an ice man found Johnnieand he cut him to fit on his horse's ears.'Twas done without malice for beside him was Aliceand 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 rememberthat true love will come smiling through.

That true love will come smiling through!