The jazz lyric is one of the most important devices for a singer. That is why I decided to start this blog. So that singers like myself can have a valuable resource to use. Most of the lyrics that I post will be for tunes outside of The Great American Songbook.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Ruby My Dear aka Dear Ruby
This is a beautiful ballad that was written by Thelonius Monk. Sally Swisher wrote the beautiful lyrics to this piece.
Ruby my dear
Hold back that tear
I know he’s gone
Your love has flown
Your all alone
Oh I know you cried
There’s no reply
Plainly Goes on
It doesn’t go
Cause you say so
Bridge
One day he came to you and made the music play in his way
You said you’d rather die
Than say goodbye
But there come a day
Though he’s away
You sing his song, you carry on
Ruby my dear
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