Easter Parade Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you dressed quite so lovely, what's more I could hardly wait to keep our date this lovely Easter morning And my heart beat fast as I came through the door For, in your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade! I'll be all in clover and, when they look you over, I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter parade! On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue The photographers will snap us And you'll find that you're In the rotogravure. Oh, I could write a sonnet About your Easter bonnet And of the girl I'm taking To the Easter parade. Perhaps one of the most popular Easter customs is that of wearing new clothes on Easter Sunday. In New York City many people display their new outfits as they stroll along Fifth Avenue in the famous Easter Parade. The custom originated within the Church hundreds of years ago, when those who were baptized on Holy Saturday were given new white robes to wear. Other members of the congregation, recalling their earlier participation in the ceremony of baptism, also put on new garments in memory of the occasion. Back To Easter Index Back To Site Index Graphics and webset created by Crew's Nest