Ruby Baby

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 Stoller Words in brackets are SPOKEN asides Ah now said I love a girl and-a Ruby is her name This girl don't love me but I love 'er just the same (Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh), Ruby, Ruby, I'm-a want ya Like a ghost I'm-a gonna haunt ya Ruby, Ruby, Ruby will you be mine?, sometime Ah each time I see you, baby my heart cries I tell ya I'm gonna steal you away from all those guys Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, from the happy day I met ya Now I made a bet that I was goin' to get ya Ruby, 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 ya Now I love this girl I said-a Ruby is her name When this girl looks at me she just sets my soul aflame Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, I got some hugs and-a kisses, too Yeah and now I'm gonna give-a them all to you Now, 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, now Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby will you be mine? FADE Transcribed by Robin Hood These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.