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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Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town canonical 9
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town 2
"Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town" 1

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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 self-link ⓘ
writer Mel Tillis ⓘ

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Kenny Rogers → notableWork → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town ⓘ
Kenny Rogers → notableSingle → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town ⓘ
The First Edition → notableWork → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town ⓘ
The First Edition → hasAlbum → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town ⓘ
The First Edition → notableSong → 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 self-link ⓘ
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)
Greatest Hits (Kenny Rogers album) → includesTrack → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town ⓘ
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition → notableWork → 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
Ruby → appearsIn → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town ⓘ
subject surface form: Ruby (character in "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town")
this entity surface form: "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town"
Johnny Darrell → recorded → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town”
Mel Tillis → notableWork → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town ⓘ