A Rose And A Baby Ruth

A ROSE AND A BABY RUTH
By: John D. Loudermilk
George Hamilton IV
Key: C

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We had a quar-rel 
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A teen-age quar-rel 
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Now I'm as blue as I know how to be 
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I can't see you at your home
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I can't ev-en call you on the phone 

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So I'm send-ing you this pres-ent 
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Just to prove I was tell-ing the truth 
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Dear, I be-lieve you won't laugh 
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when you re-ceive 
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This rose and a Ba-by Ruth 

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I could have sent you an 
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or-chid of some kind 
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But that's all I had in my jeans at the time 
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So, I'm send-ing you this pres-ent
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And just to prove I was tell-ing the truth 
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I'll kiss you, too, then I'll hand to you 
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A rose and a Ba-by Ruth