Kenny Rogers and The First Edition Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town (1969)

Kenny Rogers and The First Edition Ruby, Don t Take Your Love to Town (1969) Artist : Kenny Rogers Song : Ruby, Don t Take Your Love to Town Album : Ruby, Don t Take Your Love to Town (1969) Ruby, Don t Take Your Love to Town is a song written by Mel Tillis about a paralyzed veteran of a crazy Asian war (given the time of its release, widely assumedbut never explicitly statedto be the Vietnam War) who either lies helplessly in bed or sits helplessly in his wheelchair as his wife paints herself up to go out for the evening without him; he believes she is going in search of a lover, and as he hears the door slam behind her, he pleads for her to reconsider. The song was made famous by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition in 1969. Ruby was originally recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1966. Johnny Darrell scored a number nine country hit with it in 1967.