This song has been mentioned several times in this thread. Wikipedia says Dinah Shore recorded it twice. Indeed, Spotify has 2 versions. I'm guessing the first version shown below is the one used in the film, and the second is a result of a reworking to turn it into a Christmas song—but without liner notes, I can't be sure of the circumstances.


I'LL WALK ALONE
Words by Sammy Cahn; music by Jule Styne; ©1944.
Introduced by Dinah Shore in the film "Follow the Boys"

[Version 1:]

They call; no date.
I promised you I'd wait.
I want them all to know
I'm strictly single-O.

I'll walk alone
Because, to tell you the truth, I'll be lonely
I don't mind being lonely,
When my heart tells me you are lonely too.

I'll walk alone.
They'll ask me why and I'll tell them I'd rather.
There are dreams I must gather,
Dreams we fashioned the night
You held me tight.

I'll always be near you wherever you are,
Each night in ev'ry prayer.
Just whisper; I'll hear you, no matter how far,
So close your eyes and I'll be there.

Please walk alone,
But send your love and your kisses to guide me.
Till you're walkin' beside me,
I'll walk alone.
Darling, all by myself I'll walk alone.
* * *
[Version 2:]

I'll walk alone
Through every Christmas until you're beside me,
And I'll dream you're beside me,
When my heart tells me you are dreaming too.

I'll walk alone,
With all the mem'ries of other Decembers,
Just a girl who remembers
Dreams we fashioned the night
You held me tight.

I'll always be near you … [same as above]