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 name<hear me talkin' now>this girl don't love me but i love 'er just the same<what'd i say?>(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 cries<ah, it does, ruby>i tell ya i'm gonna steal you away from all those guys<are they wise?>whoa, 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?<hear me talkin', in time, now>"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)<come to me, now>{"hey-hey " interspersed with "oh, oh, oh, oh"}<gonna get ya>"hey-hey " overlaid with (ruby, ruby, ruby, baby)}well, i tell yanow i love this girl i said-a ruby is her name<believe me, now>when this girl looks at me she just sets my soul aflame<don't ya know?>whoa, 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?<gonna get you sometime, ruby!>"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?fade<ah, in time, everybody now>transcribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.