Ruby Baby

Dion

Ruby Baby-Artist: Dion from the CD "The 60's-Rave On"-Time Life Music 2R9R-29-peak Billboard position # 2 in 1963-previously a # 10 hit for the Drifters in 1956-later charted by Billy "Crash" Craddock at # 33 in 1975-Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike StollerWords in brackets are SPOKEN asidesAh now said I love a girl and-a Ruby is her nameThis girl don't love me but I love 'er just the same(Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh), Ruby, Ruby, I'm-a want yaLike a ghost I'm-a gonna haunt yaRuby, Ruby, Ruby will you be mine?, sometimeAh each time I see you, baby my heart criesI tell ya I'm gonna steal you away from all those guysWhoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, from the happy day I met yaNow I made a bet that I was goin' to get yaRuby, Ruby, Ruby will you be mine?"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby){"Hey-hey " interspersed with "Oh, oh, oh, oh"}"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)}Well, I tell yaNow I love this girl I said-a Ruby is her nameWhen this girl looks at me she just sets my soul aflameWhoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, I got some hugs and-a kisses, tooYeah and now I'm gonna give-a them all to youNow, listen, now Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, baby)"Hey-hey " overlaid with (Oh, oh, oh, oh)Ah listen, listen, listen, nowRuby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby will you be mine?FADETranscribed by Robin HoodThese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspo