Ah 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 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
<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 ya
now i made a bet that i was goin' to get ya
ruby, 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 ya
Now 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, too
yeah and now i'm gonna give-a them all to you
now, 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, now
ruby, ruby, ruby, ruby will you be mine?
Fade
<ah, in time, everybody now>