Oh! You Have No Idea

A popular song from 1928.
Words by Phil Ponce.
Music by Dan Dougherty.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. There’s a girl, there’s a girl
    Has the old men wishin’ for new ambition
    Ev’ry time they see her passin’ along
    What a girl! what a girl!
    She’s a real live petter, a sweetheart getter
    When I tell you I’m not tellin’ you wrong

Chorus
Has she lips that the boys adore?
Does she know what she’s got ’em for?
Oh, you have no idea
Has she eyes that are full of love?
Do they show what she’s thinkin’ of?
Oh, you have no idea
She’s got that what-sie, what-sie, what
What folks can’t explain
And say that what-sie, what-sie, what
Would make young Lindbergh burn his plane
Does she step when you take her out?
Does she know what its all about?
Oh, you have no idea

  1. There she goes, there she goes
    Any time she passes, get out your glasses
    ‘Cause you’re bound to see the class of the town
    Never late for a date
    Brother you can bet it , and don’t forget it
    She picks who she wants and turns the rest down

Chorus
Does she make all the college boys
Spend their room rent to buy her toys?
Oh, you have no idea
Does she vamp all the frosh and sophs
Juniors, seniors and even profs?
Oh, you have no idea
She’s got a lot of lovin’ charms
Say she is a dream
And with that lot of lovin’ charms
She’d wreck the Princeton football team
Can she vamp any full grown male?
Could she make Harvard cheer for Yale?
Oh, you have no idea


Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: