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Accounts of who originally composed Has Anybody Seen My Girl? vary, particularly since the song, especially its lyrics, was often modified. Some sources state that Percy Wenrich wrote the music and Jack Mahoney the lyrics, in 1914. Credit for the most popular version of the song, though, is given to Ray Henderson for the music, and Sam M. Lewis and Joseph Widow Young for the lyrics. It was this version that was recorded by The California Ramblers in 1925.
The Jack Mahoney lyrics (1914) are the same as the chorus used in the Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Widow Young version (1925). Minor variations exist in recorded versions — for example, “pearls” and “hers” instead of “fur” and “her”.

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 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
Betcha’ life it isn’t here

But could she love, could she woo?
Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has anybody seen my girl?

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 no other beaus
Has anybody seen my girl?

Now if you run into a
Five foot two, covered with fur
Diamond rings and all those things
Betcha’ life it isn’t here

But could she love, could she woo?
Could she, hootchie kootchie coo?

1107. FIVE FOOT TWO 1925 |
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,
A FLAPPER?, YESSIR, ONE OF THOSE.
HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GIRL?
NOW IF YOU RUN INTO A FIVE FOOT TWO
COVERED IN FUR,
DIAMOND RINGS, AND ALL THOSE THINGS;
BET YOUR LIFE IT ISN’T HER.
BUT COULD SHE LOVE, COULD SHE WOO,
COULD SHE, COULD SHE, COULD SHE COO?
HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GIRL?

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