Play Ruby, Play
(Blue Ribbon 266
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Jerry Biggerstaff
OPENER
Four ladies promenade one time inside now
Back home swing your girl around
Why don't you join hands circle to the left go round now
Left allemande gonna weave the ring
She made the young men scream and the old men moan
Swing that girl and promenade
Play Ruby, play, we love the way you get into it
FIGURE (twice for heads, twice for sides)
Why let the heads square thru & go to four hands around
Meet the sides, make a right hand star
The heads star by the left in the middle, one time around you go
Right and left thru and turn your girl
*Swing thru tonight, boys run right
Do a half tag, swing the corner, promenade
Ah, Ruby was a sight to behold, when she was on the road
ALTERNATE FIGURE
*Touch 1/4 there, split circulate double
Swing that corner, promenade around
MIDDLE BREAK
Sides face, grand square
She had a local band, played the local bars
Had the local boys breathin' hard
She had hillbilly eyes that could shine in the dark
She had a country sould and a rock and roll heart
Four ladies promenade round now
Swing your girl and promenade the ring
She made the young men scream and the old men moan
Rock on, rock on, rock on...
ENDING
Why let those four ladies chain across the ring go
You turn that girl and chain 'em right back home
You join up hands, circle left a go round
Left allemande gonna weave the ring and say
Play Ruby, play, we love the way you get into it
You made the young men scream and the old men moan
Rock on, rock on, rock on...
TAG
Rock on, rock on, rock on...play Ruby, play