You Dyed Your Hair Chartreuse
by Louis Jordan - 1938
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Louis Jordan was an American popular music innovator who recorded from the 1930s until the 1970s. During the 1940s, he was the most popular recording artist of the soon-to-be-called rhythm and blues music. Jordan had eighteen No. 1 hits, which places him as the third most successful singles artist in Billboard R&B charts history. His 1946 recording of "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" is tied for first place for spending the most weeks (eighteen) at No. 1. Jordan's success was not limited to the R&B market — he also had No. 1 hits on the Billboard Pop and Country charts.
Lyrics
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You're a freckled gal, You're a pug-nosed cutey, sweet as Charlotte Russe You've got big blue eyes, So I ask you why have you dyed your hair chartreuse? Chartreuse (chartreuse) Chartreuse (chartreuse) Though you think it's mighty cute Just wait 'til I write and tell your ma That you dyed your hair chartreuse (repeat) In the days of old When the knights were bolder and the girls were truer blue Just think what paw Would have said to maw had she dyed her hair chartreuse |
Chartreuse (chartreuse) Chartreuse (chartreuse) Though you think it's mighty cute You went too far in that beauty booth When you dyed your hair chartreuse Now you know I know That your hair was black when we lived on Chestnut Street When you wore pigtails And ginger ale was your most favourite treat You're a big girl now So you think it's cuter being fast and fancy-loose But you went too far in that beauty booth When you dyed your hair chartreuse |