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   Singin "Buffalo Gals wont 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 runnin 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   'Til 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