"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" (Art Landry, 1925)

[LiannaRodriguez]

Cute

[Nickie0016]

5'2 with brown eyes :)

[MGMTishot]

I'm 5'2 with blue eyes:)

[2bottlebetty]

I so loved playing this song on the ukelele. So much fun

[starrieguitar3]

Love it!



[genbuthecellist]

I hear this song and I think of my special some one

[genbuthecellist]

I hear this song and I think of my special some one

[OperaMystery80]

The 20's were a wonderful time I'd love to go back in time and visit. It's definitely on everyone's list of eras to visit. It looked like a blast up to the Market Crash of '29...but from ''20 to '28, it was a ball

[CeltoSaxonKnight]

@OperaMystery80

Yes shame the 20s only lasted 10 years – it should have been given special dispensation & extended it a little bit longer (sans depression of course!) :-)

[oddsockthing]

@OperaMystery80 Yeah, those 20's were jazz-tastic...I was born in oh-so-boring 90's and I'm too young to remeber anything interesting about them- and otday's music is dire- Most songs have only one lyric in the entire thing..whatever happened to the good old days?

Am I the only 13 year old who likes the beatles songs, Fred Aistere's routines, tap dances, still likes rock'n'roll, flapper stuff and wants to learn the charleston?

[OperaMystery80]

@oddsockthing Wow that's great that you love older classic stuff. I was born in '80 and I'm 31 years old. The 90's weren't boring; it was boring to you because you were a BABY then. If you're 13 that means you were born in '98. I was 18 then. I had fun in the 90's. I was an 80's kid and also enjoyed the 80's. I remember being 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 between 85 and 89. You would have loved the 80's too.

[totallyrandomlol1]

i has to dance to this song in a dance resital

[huibart]

Ik ga helemaal stuk, lovely!

[shengxian97]

This was used with the cartoon Tom & Jerry. Love it!

[DialFamily]

All right ... a tuba solo? Really?

[deadrock05]

thumbs up if you're here because of mad men

[chrispalacios1]

Search that gal up on Google,

youll probably find her.

THUMBS UP if you agree.

[kikddabottle]

This live at Seaview Terrace, Newport, RI (because Beacon Towers is gone) would be magical!

[xKOOMIKEx]

This makes me think of my grandma.. She used to listen to these songs. It's sad thinking that most of that generation has passed on.. And they were all smarter than us.

[belladeballe]

This song is cute! I love anything to do with the Roaring20s

[MustaffaCuppa]

Superb track. What a blast from the past. Despite me not having been born at that time, I was surrounded with this type of music from an early age & LOVE it. It makes me want to play all my 78's again! It's such a happy sound from the twenties. Thanks for posting.

[toping767]

this music is better then the gay shit these days

[trockout]

Hot-cha-cha!!! Twenty Three Skidoo!!!

[2711913]

more cowbell1

[veggiet2009]

this song makes me want to charleston...

[trockout]

HOT CHA CHA! 23 SKIDOOO!!!

[Bramicus]

Intro:

I've just seen a maniac,

Crazy man, maniac,

Wild, and tearing his hair,

Tearing his hair out.

Yelling something 'bout a girl

Me oh my, lost a girl,

Man, you should've been there!

When we asked him for the girls description,

He just answered all of us with this conniption:

[CommanderShepard1]

Gatsby...The Great Gatsby!

[ArthurWellesley1769]

Love this song :)

[augpeh]

Sorry, nobody has seen your gal.

[crumikins]

LOVE the sousaphone solo at the end. haha

[NiceOldBoy]

As rating is disabled,

I leave 5 big fat * * * * *

Froehliche Gruesse aus Tirol (Austria)

;-)

[ShadowsDeadlyx]

I Can Sing This

[monkey152344]

I have the main notes for it in my band book. Man I love playing this lol :P

[heisntseriousishe]

Playing this as a solo for a talent show pretty easy :/

[brcmano]

Any music printed before 1934 has no copyright.

[Hammundatorp]

That cymbal.. Just epically misplaced, and still so awesome! Also, I've learned this song on the guitar, and it's really hilarious to play it, when people know you as a metallover. :P

[2crazy4cats]

playing it in jazz band

[jlewis31510]

I'd give it an "awesome" rating if that wasn't disabled.

[Bellatrikss]

Man, I want the saxophone sheet music for this...

[jd03150]

It's nice that this version not only has a really snappy vocal style, it allows several different instruments great solo bits. Good work by all and a fine representation of this period on our musical history.

[jonnycarpo]

Hi gamergator,

Thanks for that,but I think copyright in usa

is more that 75 years.

I know in Ireland it's 70 years after the death of the writer

[jonnycarpo]

I'm going to do a guitar solo on this song.

I love it.

Can anyone tell me if I can post it on u tube as it still has a copyright.

[gamergator]

It's been more than 75 years, I think copyright has worn off

[saintirk]

love the song --- its so good. i can play it on piano too

[mudvayne336]

great grandma taught me this song, real music...

[themasterfulcow34]

ahahahahaha i love this song my aunt taught me this song. my uncle always used to make fun of it saying "has any body seen my squirrel" cause she used to say Girl not Gal.

[hugmepleaze]

i'm 5'2" with eyes of blue haha

[Houwitzer88]

same with me now that i think about it

[Purplerain1055]

I'm also 5'2 eyes of blue! (Well, teal, but close enough!)

[StarFox1728]

@hugmepleaze

as am I ;)

[StarFox1728]

this song reminds me of my Nana... my grandpa used to sing this to her cause she was 5"2 and had eyes of blue... and as am I :) I love you Nana and Grandpa R.I.P xoxoxoxo

[WombatVlogs]

@hugmepleaze Same :)

[SkateFastRockHard]

@hugmepleaze

Same xD thats how i found this

[ldhummingbird]

Thanks so much for posting this recording.

[Throatxwhores]

I love Milla Jovovich's take on Has anybody seen my gal. its quite cute.

[waswerewent]

you know the version of dean martin? i just know the name of teh song but really i dont know if he sing it

[emwall315]

Everyone says this song reminds them of me. I'm 5'2" and have blue eyes.

[fromthesidelines]

This was recorded on November 17, 1925...

[DeLorean4]

Crazy, my father was born exactly 22 years and one day later.

[myjazzcorner]

I am so CRAZY about this group and this song. Once upon a time I actually had a vinyl record of this that somehow got misplaced in moving around. Imagine my thrill at rediscovering a favourite California Ramblers song. And of course, Adrian Rollini is incomparable. I am happy he enjoyed a long career.

[Xiassen]

does anyone possibly have free sheet music for this song?

[RReady555]

It may be available by a Google search...good luck!

[dingoswamphead]

@Xiassen Would you like a tab? This is a perfect uke tune.

[hojun018]

@Xiassen my scool band played today!

[rtbcomp]

@Xiassen Try searching for the MIDI (spit!) either with Google or a MIDI search engine. Load the MIDI into Noteworthy Composer et voila! music you can print or play along to.

[shengxian97]

@Xiassen I have one. Do you want? E-mail me. :D

[MrsDigiot]

@Xiassen I have this piano music in my "Reader's Digest Treasury of Best Loved Songs; if interested I can make it available to you.

[clubitinerantjazz]

@Xiassen

With this sort of music it's always best to play it your own way rather than read from sheet music. The basic melody and chord sequence are very simple. I can play it in my sleep. Do you know how to use guitar chords such as Bb D7 and so on? Failing that you can look for the sheet music and play whatever corny piano arrangement has been used.

[Corrie121]

Great! Love the sound.

Do you have any info on the orchestra?

[RReady555]

Here's a bit more, Corrie--they recorded under several names (not rare then):

Call of the North Orchestra

Art Landry's Syncopatin' Six

Regent Orchestra

Art Landry and his Orchestra

Thanks,

-RR

[formiggini]

Thank you about all the informations (and, of course this fine tune)!

[RReady555]

Glad to! Thanks for your gracious comment, friend... ;)

Best,

-RR

[QuamxSerena]

Thank you for posting, I adore this song! I used to sing it with my Gran on piano when we went to entertain at nursing homes. =) This has brought back fond memories! I noticed straight away that the lyrics were different from a part that I used to sing, and I found the history in your comment fascinating. Thank you for being so in-depth about the music you post. It's a treat to listen and learn! ~Mreow.

[RReady555]

You're deeply welcome--it's truly an American classic. Must been fun performing for the elders...they truly appreciate it.

Kind regards,

-RR

[melissamann1000]

Thank you so much for this song and for the info on de sylva, brown and henderson, I hadn't realised that henderson wrote on his own for so long. I always think he looked like Dan Dailey because of the Best Things In Life are free. Please keep posting such wonderful, period authentic pieces. Thankyou again.

[RReady555]

His was a brilliant career...yes, wish they made more biographical pictures about the great musicians. Dan Dailey wasn't half-bad in that performance.

Best wishes, Melissa!

-RR

[Drewfan30s]

What a beautiful song! The 1920s were a very great period in history. I wish I could have live in that time. Thanks for sharing it!

[RReady555]

Ah, if only they'd had the Internet in the Twenties... ;) You're right, it was an amazingly fruitful era in Music.

Best wishes,

-RR

[iemanowl]

WONDERFUL! right now I'm in a musical and this amazing song is in it!

[RReady555]

Just seeing you comment today--hope your show went/is going well!!

Kindest regards,

-RR

[MaryLouBrown]

Beautiful song!

Music was so much better in this times...

Thanks for uploading!!!

[RReady555]

It had amazing musicianship, Mary Lou...melody is absent entirely from today's pop music.

Best,

-RR

[ottokees]

So amazing video!!!. Thank you very much!!!. Cheers!!!!, ~Sergio.

[RReady555]

Glad you enjoy it too, Sergio!

Best wishes,

-RR

[DaveT62]

Thanks for finding this and sharing it!

I feel like I'm a kid in my Grandparent's living room...Great memory!

[RReady555]

A timeless number! Glad to share it with you, Dave. ;)

Best,

-RR

[millsbrothers]

YEA THIS IS GREAT!

[RReady555]

Thanks! And thanks for your great work in celebrating the collective genius of the Mills Brothers...gotta love YouTube! ;)

[azzx96]

A very good Version Indeed!

[RReady555]

Thanks, Nick! Holds up mighty well... ;) -RR