FIVE FOOT TWO, EYES OF BLUE
(Music: Ray Henderson / Lyrics: Sam Lewis & Joe Young)
Gene Austin - 1925
Art Landry & His Orch. (vocal: Denny Curtis) - 1925
Ernie Golden & His Hotel McAlpin Orch. (Instr.) - 1925
Golden Gate Orch. (vocal: Hall & Ryan) - 1925
The Melody Sheiks - 1925
Esther Walker - 1925
Sam Lanin & His Orch. (vocal: Arthur Hall) - 1925
Harmony Dance Orch. - 1925
Glantz & His Orch. (vocal: Arthur Hall) - 1925
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards - 1926
Arthur Fields - 1926
Jane Gray (aka Peggy English) - 1926
Tiny Hill & His Orch. - 1940
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (vocal: Kenny Gardner) - 1940
Benny Strong & His Orch. - 1949
Brother Bones & His Shadows - 1949
Dean Martin (Radio Transcript) - 1949
The Four Knights - 1951
Floyd Cramer (Instr.) - 1953
Merrill Moore - 1954
Lenny Dee - 1956
George Criston & His Orch. - 1958
Johnny Mann Singers - 1960
Shane Fenton & The Fentones - 1961
Patty Pravo - 1968
The Blue Saints - 1976
Mickey Gilley - 1977
Also recorded by:
Bing Crosby; Craig Douglas; Les Elgart; Freddy Cannon; Phil Harris;
The Hi-Lo's; Spike Jones; Jim Kweskin; The Madcaps; Mitch Miller;
Billy May; Ian Menzies; Mitch Miller; Mrs. Mills; The Range Rovers;
Louis Prima; Don Reno; Jimmy Roselli; Bob Scobey; Freddy Cannon;
Harry Connick Jr.; Big Ben Banjo Band; The Viscounts; Tony Carroll;
Chuck Foster & His Orch.; ................. and many others.
As recorded by GENE AUSTIN, 11th December 1925:
Now, I just saw a maniac, a maniac, maniac
Wild and tearin' his hair
Jumpin' like a jumpin' jack, jumpin' jack, jumpin' jack
Child, you should'a been there
He laughed so loud, I thought that I would cave in
When I heard that silly daffy-dilly ravin'
Five foot two, eyes of blue
But, oh boy, what those five could do
Has anybody seen my girl
Turned up nose, turned down hose
Flapper, yes sir, one of those
Has anybody seen my girl
Now, if you run into a five foot two
Covered with fur
Diamond rings and all those things
You can bet your life that it isn't her
And could she love, could she woo
Could she, could she, could she coo
Has anybody seen my girl
Love made him a lunatic, lunatic, lunatic
Gee, he hollered and cried
Like a monkey on a stick, on a stick, on a stick
He was fit to be tied
He laughed so loud, I thought that I would cave in
When I heard that silly daffy-dilly ravin'
Five foot two and eyes of blue
But, oh boy, what those five could do
Has anybody seen my girl
Turned up nose, turned down hose
A flapper, yes sir, one of those
Has anybody seen my girl
Now, if you run into a five foot two
Covered with fur
Diamond rings and all those things
You can bet your life that it isn't her
And could she love, could she woo
Could she, could she, could she coo
Has anybody seen my girl
(Piano Solo)
Now, if you run into a five foot two
Covered with fur
Diamond rings and all those things
You can bet your life that it isn't her
And could she love, could she woo
Could she, could she, could she coo
Has anybody seen that girl of mine
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As recorded by ESTHER WALKER, December 1925:
I just saw a maniac, a maniac, a maniac
He was wild and tearin' his hair
He was jumpin' like a jumpin' jack, a jumpin' jack, jumpin' jack
Child, you should have been there
I laughed so loud, I thought that I would cave in
When I heard that silly daffy-dilly ravin'
Five foot two, eyes of blue
But, oh, what those five foot could do
Has anybody seen my girl
Turned up nose, turned down hose
Flapper, yes ma'am, one of those
Has anybody seen my girl
Now, if you run into this five foot two
Covered with fur
Diamond rings and all those things
Well, hah-hah, that isn't her
But could she love, could she woo
Could she, could she, could she coo
Has anybody seen my girl
My sweetie's like that maniac, maniac, maniac
He's wild and tearin' his hair
I left him and I won't go back, I won't go back, no, I won't go back
Child, I gave him the air
I know I'm the one for whom he's cravin'
Everybody tells me day and night he's ravin'
(Piano Solo)
There's five foot two, eyes of blue
Say, she got me, she'll get you
Has anybody seen my girl
Just a half a gill, half a pint
But she could thrill you like a joint
Has anybody seen my girl
Now, if you run into this five foot two
You'll be outclassed
You've got pep, you love to step
She'll slow you down if you're too fast
Does she dance, does she eat
Take my tip, ah, don't give her meat
Has anybody seen my girl
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As recorded by THE FOUR KNIGHTS:
Five foot two, eyes of blue
But oh, what those five foot could do
Has anybody seen my girl
Turned up nose, turned down hose
Never had another beau
Has anybody seen my girl
Now, if you run into a five foot two
Covered with furs
Diamond rings and all those things
You can bet your life it isn't hers
.
Oh, could she love, could she woo
Could she, could she, could she coo
Has anybody seen my girl
Has anybody seen my girl
Mmmm-mmmm-mmmm
Five foot two, two eyes of blue
But oh, what those five foot could do.
Has anybody seen my girl
Turned up nose and her turned down hose
I'll bet she's never had another beau
Has anybody seen my girl
If you should run into a five foot two
She's all covered with furs
Wearing diamond rings and all those things
You can bet your life that it isn't hers
Could she love, could she woo
Could she, could she, could she coo
Has anybody seen my girl
Has anybody seen my girl
(Transcriptions by Mel Priddle - December 2015)
