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?
<Ah, in time, everybody now>