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lyrics

She can’t tap with Dick Powell in her lap, Ruby Keeler
Pink and young like bubble gum, Ruby Keeler
She’s got cheeks like roses, a button nose, sweet as molasses (She can’t tap, Dick’s in her lap)
With the lead in a cast, she’ll take off her glasses and save our asses. (Pink and young like bubblegum)
Ruby Keeler Ruby, Ruby Keeler Ruby.

Shuffle off to Buffalo with Ruby Keeler, Ruby Keeler
How big do bananas grow for Ruby Keeler?
She’s got cheeks like roses, a button nose, sweet as molasses
(How big do bananas grow?)
With the lead in a cast, she’ll take off her glasses and save our asses.
(Shuffle off to Buffalo)

Ruby Keeler Ruby, Ruby Keeler Ruby

You’re going out a youngster, but you gotta come back a star.

Kaleidoscope in black and white.
Ruby Keeler, Ruby Keeler
Learn the whole show in one night, Ruby Keeler.
She’s got cheeks like roses, a button nose, sweet as molasses (Kaleidoscope in black and white)
With the lead in a cast, she’ll take off her glasses and save our asses. (Learn the whole show in one night)

Ruby Keeler Ruby, Ruby Keeler Ruby
Ruby Keeler Ruby.

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from Harlem Hayride, track released May 1, 2013
@ 2013 Karl Straub, Clever Bits Music (BMI)

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Karl Straub Alexandria, Virginia

KARL STRAUB writes music the way birds build nests, throwing together something sturdy from whatever detritus is lying around. Bubblegum pop, Charlie Parker, Merle Haggard and Bob Wills, Rodgers & Hart, psych fuzz, the Dolls and Velvet Underground, etc.
Straub basically uses two approaches when he writes lyrics— storytelling and impressionism.
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