Biography:
Ray Henderson (December 1, 1896 – December 31, 1970), was an American songwriter.
Born Raymond Brost in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley. He was one third of a successful songwriting and music publishing team with Lew Brown and Buddy De Sylva from 1925 through 1930, responsible for several editions of the revue called George White's Scandals and such book musicals as Good News, Hold Everything!, and Follow Thru.
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Five Foot Two (Eyes of Blue)
Milton Ager
Written in 1925 (possibly earlier) and first recorded by Art Landry
Standard tuning
The version everyone knows -
INTRO: |C |E7 |A7 |A7 |D7 |G7 |C |
C E7
Five foot two, eyes of blue,
A7
But oh what those fives could do,
D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7
Has anybody seen my girl?
C E7
Turned up nose, turned down hose,
A7
flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen my girl?
E7
Now if you run into a five foot two
A7
Covered in fur,
D7
diamond rings and all those things,
G7
bet your life it isn't her
Gaug
but...
C E7
Could she love? could she woo?
A7
Could she, could she, could she coo?
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen that girl of mine?
repeat as necessary and end on C7
The now more obscure version with the nearly forgotten verses.
Verse 1
C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7
I just saw a maniac, maniac, maniac,
D7 G7 C C#dim Dm G7
Wild, and tearing his hair,
C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7
Jumpin' like a jumping jack, jumping jack, jumping jack,
D7 G7 C
Child, you shoulda been there,
E7 A7
He laughed so loud I thought that I would cave in,
D7 G7
When I heard that silly daffy-dilly ravin':
Chorus
C E7
Five foot two, eyes of blue,
A7
But oh what those fives could do,
D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7
Has anybody seen my girl?
C E7
Turned up nose, turned down hose,
A7
flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen my girl?
E7
Now if you run into a five foot two
A7
Covered in fur,
D7
diamond rings and all those things,
G7
bet your life it isn't her
Gaug
but...
C E7
Could she love? could she woo?
A7
Could she, could she, could she coo?
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen that girl of mine?
Verse 2
C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7
Love made him a lunatic, lunatic, lunatic
D7 G7 C C#dim Dm G7
Gee, he hollered and cried
C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7
Like a monkey on a stick, on a stick, on a stick
D7 G7 C
He was fit to be tied
E7 A7
When we asked him for his wife's description
D7 G7
He just answered all of us with this conniption:
Chorus
C E7
Five foot two, eyes of blue,
A7
But oh what those fives could do,
D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7
Has anybody seen my girl?
C E7
Turned up nose, turned down hose,
A7
flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen my girl?
E7
Now if you run into a five foot two
A7
Covered in fur,
D7
diamond rings and all those things,
G7
bet your life it isn't her
Gaug
but...
C E7
Could she love? could she woo?
A7
Could she, could she, could she coo?
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen that girl of mine?
Milton Ager
Written in 1925 (possibly earlier) and first recorded by Art Landry
Standard tuning
The version everyone knows -
INTRO: |C |E7 |A7 |A7 |D7 |G7 |C |
C E7
Five foot two, eyes of blue,
A7
But oh what those fives could do,
D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7
Has anybody seen my girl?
C E7
Turned up nose, turned down hose,
A7
flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen my girl?
E7
Now if you run into a five foot two
A7
Covered in fur,
D7
diamond rings and all those things,
G7
bet your life it isn't her
Gaug
but...
C E7
Could she love? could she woo?
A7
Could she, could she, could she coo?
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen that girl of mine?
repeat as necessary and end on C7
The now more obscure version with the nearly forgotten verses.
Verse 1
C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7
I just saw a maniac, maniac, maniac,
D7 G7 C C#dim Dm G7
Wild, and tearing his hair,
C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7
Jumpin' like a jumping jack, jumping jack, jumping jack,
D7 G7 C
Child, you shoulda been there,
E7 A7
He laughed so loud I thought that I would cave in,
D7 G7
When I heard that silly daffy-dilly ravin':
Chorus
C E7
Five foot two, eyes of blue,
A7
But oh what those fives could do,
D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7
Has anybody seen my girl?
C E7
Turned up nose, turned down hose,
A7
flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen my girl?
E7
Now if you run into a five foot two
A7
Covered in fur,
D7
diamond rings and all those things,
G7
bet your life it isn't her
Gaug
but...
C E7
Could she love? could she woo?
A7
Could she, could she, could she coo?
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen that girl of mine?
Verse 2
C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7
Love made him a lunatic, lunatic, lunatic
D7 G7 C C#dim Dm G7
Gee, he hollered and cried
C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7
Like a monkey on a stick, on a stick, on a stick
D7 G7 C
He was fit to be tied
E7 A7
When we asked him for his wife's description
D7 G7
He just answered all of us with this conniption:
Chorus
C E7
Five foot two, eyes of blue,
A7
But oh what those fives could do,
D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7
Has anybody seen my girl?
C E7
Turned up nose, turned down hose,
A7
flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen my girl?
E7
Now if you run into a five foot two
A7
Covered in fur,
D7
diamond rings and all those things,
G7
bet your life it isn't her
Gaug
but...
C E7
Could she love? could she woo?
A7
Could she, could she, could she coo?
D7 G7 C
Has anybody seen that girl of mine?
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