She danced in the dirty streetsSatin shoes tied to her feetPeople round here said she was a sightEvery night when the sun went downShe'd curtsy, and take a bowTo the man in the moon and the dim street lightsWe held in high regardThe rose in the mission yardSinging, "Buffalo Gals won't you come out tonight"And her name was Ruby BrownAnd she cam through shanty townLike a queen without a crownAnd her name was Ruby BrownLong about ten years agoShe disappeared, why no one knowsBut some say she was running for her life'Cause a mean looking man in a limousineCame down from New OrleansHe said he came here looking for his wifeAnd her name was Ruby BrownAnd she cam through shanty townLike a queen without a crownAnd her name was Ruby BrownSome was he beat her bad'Til she just went plain madBut I say she went where he could never goAnd her name was Ruby BrownAnd she cam through shanty townLike a queen without a crownAnd her name was Ruby Brown