[5] 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.

The song was first recorded on October 19, 1925 by Lanin's Red Heads (vocals by Art Gillham)[6] and has been covered by many other artists since, including The Golden Gate Orchestra (pseudonym of The California Ramblers), Arthur Fields, Tiny Hill, Guy Lombardo, Mitch Miller, Dean Martin, Freddy Cannon, Shane Fenton and the Fentones, Mickey Gilley, Milla Jovovich, and Tim Waurick.

Gene Austin recorded a version in December 1925 (titled "Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue") which became a top-seller in 1926.

The song was featured in the 1936 Our Gang short film "The Pinch Singer", performed by a fictional group named "The Plantation Trio".

In 1984, it was used by the Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign to introduce vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro (who was actually five feet, four inches).

The Jack Mahoney lyrics (1914) are the same as the chorus used in the Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Widow Young version (1925).

Now if you run into a five-foot-two Covered with 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!