Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town

E17833

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town canonical	10
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town	2
“Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town”	2
"Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town"	1
Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town)	1
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T147813 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
Context triple: [Kenny Rogers, notableWork, Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town]

A. She Don’t Have to Know
"She Don’t Have to Know" is an R&B song by John Legend from his debut studio album "Get Lifted," known for its soulful vocals and themes of secret romance.
B. I'm Your Baby Tonight
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" is a 1990 R&B and pop song by Whitney Houston that showcases a more urban, dance-oriented sound and became one of her major international hits.
C. I Love You, California
"I Love You, California" is a patriotic song celebrating the landscapes and spirit of California, officially adopted as the state's song.
D. My Love Is Your Love
My Love Is Your Love is a 1998 R&B and pop album by Whitney Houston that marked her successful return to contemporary music with hits like "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and the title track.
E. Yell
Yell is one of the larger inhabited islands in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, wildlife, and remote rural communities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
Target entity description: "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.

A. She Don’t Have to Know
"She Don’t Have to Know" is an R&B song by John Legend from his debut studio album "Get Lifted," known for its soulful vocals and themes of secret romance.
B. I'm Your Baby Tonight
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" is a 1990 R&B and pop song by Whitney Houston that showcases a more urban, dance-oriented sound and became one of her major international hits.
C. I Love You, California
"I Love You, California" is a patriotic song celebrating the landscapes and spirit of California, officially adopted as the state's song.
D. My Love Is Your Love
My Love Is Your Love is a 1998 R&B and pop album by Whitney Houston that marked her successful return to contemporary music with hits like "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and the title track.
E. Yell
Yell is one of the larger inhabited islands in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, wildlife, and remote rural communities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country song ⓘ song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town) ⓘ linked to: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town ⓘ linked to: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
associatedAct	Kenny Rogers ⓘ The First Edition ⓘ
composer	Mel Tillis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
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	Johnny Darrell ⓘ linked to: Merle Haggard 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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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ

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