Ruby Brown

(By Matraca Berg & Tim Krekel)


She danced in the dirty streets
Satin shoes tied to her feet
People round here said she was a sight
Every night when the sun went down
She'd curtsy and take a bow
To the man in the moon and the dim street lights
We held in high regard
The rose in the mission yard
Singing, ";Buffalo Gals won't you come out tonight


And her name was Ruby Brown
And she came through shanty town
Like a queen without a crown
And her name was Ruby Brown


Long about ten years ago
She disappeared, why no one knows
But some say she was running for her life
'Cause a mean looking man in a limousine
Came down from New Orleans
He said he came here looking for his wife


And her name was Ruby Brown
And she came through shanty town
Like a queen without a crown
And her name was Ruby Brown


Some say he beat her bad
'Till she just went plain mad
But I say she went where he could never go


And her name was Ruby Brown
And she came through shanty town
Like a queen without a crown
And her name was Ruby Brown