<Table> <Tr> <Td> "She's Mighty Gone" (1966) </Td> <Td> "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (1967) </Td> <Td> "My Elusive Dreams" (1967) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "She's Mighty Gone" (1966) </Td> <Td> "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (1967) </Td> <Td> "My Elusive Dreams" (1967) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" is a song written by Mel Tillis about a paralyzed veteran of a "crazy Asian war" (given the time of its release, widely assumed--but never explicitly stated--to be the Vietnam War) who either lies helplessly in bed or sits helplessly in his wheelchair as his wife "paints (herself) up" to go out for the evening without him; he believes she is going in search of a lover, and as he hears the door slam behind her, he pleads for her to reconsider . The song was made famous by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition in 1969 . "Ruby" was originally recorded in 1967 by Johnny Darrell, who scored a number nine country hit with it that year . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1967) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who wrote the song ruby sung by kenny rogers