You can hear this recording at The Internet Archive: BLUE FEDORA (Bud Green, Albert Van Dam) As recorded by Curley Lipham, on Decca 46372, 1951. 1. He was a lover, footloose and fancy-free. Where he found a sweetheart, there he was bound to be, Flirting with this one and that one, anyone he could find, Each one on his arms yet none of them on his mind. CHORUS: Oh, he wore a blue fedora, blue fedora tilted over his eye. When he wasn't kissing girls hello, he was kissing them goodbye. 2. Down San Domingo, he loved a maiden fair. She says: "We'll be married"; he vanished then and there. Traveling far Barcelona, he kissed the village belle. Her ma planned a wedding; he planned to say farewell. CHORUS 3. In Honolulu, he lost his heart one day. Still when he departed he had it back okay, Going from brown eyes to blue eyes, taking them all in stride, Romancing the bridesmaid, never the blushing bride. CHORUS [The recording by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians was announced in Billboard magazine on Sep 15, 1951; the one by Curley Lipham on Oct 27.]
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