Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

Tune from the Roaring Twenties

Baby Face was written in 1926. The words are by Bennie Davis (b. August 21, 1895, New York, N. Y., d. Dec. 20, 1979, Miami, FL) and the music is by and Harry Akst (b. 1894, New York, N.Y., d. Mar. 31, 1963, Hollywood, CA). Harry Akst was a Tin Pan Alley composer, writing songs on demand independent of the Broadway stage and Hollywood musicals.

The Music
Baby Face
[ 1:27 ] [ 12k ]

The Song
The song in this book which is sung to the tune of
"Baby Face"

1. Pubic Hairs

Baby Face

ROS-Y CHEEKS AND TURN'D UP NOSE AND CURL-Y HAIR,
I'M RAV-ING 'BOUT MY BA-BY NOW,
PRET-TY LIT-TLE DIM-PLES HERE AND DIM-PLES THERE;
DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITH-OUT HER,
I  LOVE HER GOOD-NESS KNOWS,
I  WROTE A SONG A-BOUT HER AND HERE'S THE WAY IT GOES:

WHEN YOU WERE A BA-BY NOT SO LONG A-GO,
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN THE CUT-EST THING.
I CAN PIC-TURE YOU AT EV-'RY BA-BY SHOW
JUST WIN-NIN' EV-'RY RIB-BON WITH YOUR SWEET BA-BY WAY.
SAY, HON-EST I AIN'T FIB-BIN', YOU'D WIN 'EM ALL TO-DAY.

Chorus
BA-BY FACE, YOU'VE GOT THE CUT-EST LIT-TLE BA-BY FACE
THERE'S NOT AN-OTH-ER ONE COULD TAKE YOUR PLACE
BA-BY  FACE, MY POOR HEART IS JUMP-IN;
YOU SURE HAVE START-ED SOME-THIN'
BA-BY FACE,
I'M UP IN HEAV-EN WHEN I'M IN YOUR FOND EM-BRACE,
WITH YOUR PRET-TY   BA-BY FACE