SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Dennis Robert J (Last) (First) (Middle) GENESCO INC. 1415 MURFREESBORO ROAD (Street) NASHVILLE TN 37217 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GENESCO INC [ GCO ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/04/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/04/2005		A		5,000	A	$27.535	5,000	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	Roger G. Sisson, attorney-in-fact	04/04/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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 POWER OF ATTORNEY


		The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
James S. Gulmi and Roger G. Sisson or either of them the undersigned's true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

		(1)	Execute for and on behalf of
the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director or officer, as
defined in the rules under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, of Genesco Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the "Company"), Forms 4 and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

		(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for
and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 4 or 5 and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

		(3)	Take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorneys-in-fact may approve in such
attorneys-in-fact's discretion.

		The undersigned hereby grants to
each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such
attorneys-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the right and power
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

		IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 23rd day of June, 2004.

/s/ Robert J. Dennis

ROBERT J. DENNIS
Title: 	Senior Vice President