Had my gal, have gone away
She won't come home no more to stay
I look for my gal, both night and day
When I go a-walkin' down the street
I'm askin' everybody that I meet
Have you seen that gal that stole away from me?
Now her description I try to describe
I know she's got someone else by her side
I ring door bells at the break of day
When they answer you can hear me say
Has my gal been by here?
I know she's gone and I can't tell where
Has my gal been by here?
Well, she ain't so tall and she ain't so low
She struts her stuff everywhere she goes
She's nice and she's kind and she you love like this
She make you do something that you can't resist
She's gonna whine, when she's talkin'
Kind a-shakin' her mm! When she walk
Has my gal been by here?
Has my gal been by here?
I know she's gone and I can't tell where
Has my gal been by here?
She got little bitty feet, ain't gonna tell you no lie
When she smiles she makes her goo-goo eyes
She got rouge on her cheeks, paint on her lips
Ought to see that gal when she shakes those hips
She got these, she got those
She got everything it takes to make a woman knows
Has my gal been by here?
Has my gal been by here?