Recorded By: Marty Robbins
 

A white sports coat and a pink carnation
I'm all dressed up for the dance
A white sports coat and a pink carnation
I'm awful lone in romance
 

Once you told me long ago
To the prom with me you'd go
Now you've chanced your mind now it seems
Someone else will hold my dreams
 

A white sports coat and a pink carnation
And I feel a blue, blue fool
 

A white sports coat and a pink carnation
I'm all dressed up for the dance
A white sports coat and a pink carnation
I'm awful lone in romance
 

Once you told me long ago
To the prom with me you'd go
Now you've chanced your mind now it seems
Someone else will hold my dreams
 

A white sports coat and a pink carnation
And I feel a blue, blue fool