Ruth's Waltz

Here in this world of misinformation

I've found a word of truth

Hey, all you intellectual giants

Here is a piece of pure social science

Here is a sweet irrelevant phrase

To swallow with your vermouth

No one willingly ever halts

A waltz for Ruth

Dancing a dance of such variations

Pleases your sweetest tooth

Glide through the room with reckless abandon

What if you fall? She's there for the landin'

Why do you think the fame of it spread

From Davenport to Duluth?

No one willingly ever halts

They may need steroids or smelling salts

But no one willingly ever halts

A waltz for Ruth

A waltz for Ruth

A waltz for Ruth