Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

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country song song

"Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town" is a country song most famously performed by Kenny Rogers, telling the poignant story of a disabled veteran whose wife seeks love elsewhere.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country song → song →
alsoKnownAs	Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → surface form: "Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town)" Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → surface form: "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town"
associatedAct	Kenny Rogers → The First Edition →
composer	Mel Tillis →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
famousFor	poignant portrayal of a disabled veteran’s marital struggles →
firstReleaseYear	1967 →
genre	country → country pop →
hasCharacter	Ruby → Ruby’s husband →
hasInfluenceOn	later country songs about Vietnam veterans →
hasSubject	loneliness in marriage → psychological impact of war injuries →
hasType	narrative song →
language	English →
lyricalMotif	bitterness and resignation → plea for fidelity →
lyricist	Mel Tillis →
medium	recorded music →
narrativePerspective	first person →
narratorRole	disabled veteran husband →
notableArtistRelease	Kenny Rogers and The First Edition →
notableFor	commercial success of Kenny Rogers’ version →
notablePerformer	Merle Haggard → surface form: "Johnny Darrell" Kenny Rogers and The First Edition → Waylon Jennings →
notableReleaseYear	1969 →
originalRecordingArtist	Johnny Darrell →
partOf	Kenny Rogers and The First Edition’s repertoire →
recordedBy	Bobby Bare → Johnny Darrell → Kenny Rogers and The First Edition → The Statler Brothers → Waylon Jennings →
setting	post-war American home →
subjectOf	cover versions by multiple country artists →
theme	disabled war veteran → emotional trauma of war → marital infidelity →
title	Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →
writer	Mel Tillis →

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Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → alsoKnownAs → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

this entity surface form: "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town"

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → alsoKnownAs → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

this entity surface form: "Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town)"

The First Edition → hasAlbum → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

Tell It All Brother → hasTrack → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

this entity surface form: "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town"

Greatest Hits (Kenny Rogers album) → includesTrack → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

Kenny Rogers → notableSingle → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

The First Edition → notableSong → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

Kenny Rogers → notableWork → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

Kenny Rogers and The First Edition → notableWork → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

The First Edition → notableWork → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →

Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → title → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →