Rubin and Cherise by Bonnie "Prince" Billy. The Dead debuted the song in Landover, MD on March 17th and played it twice more before the final performance on 6/9/1991 at Buckeye Lake. The Jerry Garcia Band performs "Reuben and Cherise" from GarciaLive Volume Eight: November 23rd, 1991 Bradley Center in Milwaukee. “Ruben And Cherise” opens up the album with a bit of funky intrigue. If you could see my heart, you would know it's true Cherise was dressing as Pirouette in white The voice of Cherise from the face on the mandolin, Singin' Reuben, Reuben tell me true, for I have no one but you. Before going on its way again B C#m B C#m B A Ab There's none Cherise except for you, except for you. 17 comments | Make a comment | Add vote | Listen on archive. The course of love must follow blind; without a look behind. Arguably the best of the 4 times the Dead ever played this tune, and only in 1991. It was Jerry Garcia's first album on the Arista label and his first LP using the band name Jerry Garcia Band. Home video footage mixed with a higher quality soundboard audio source.\r\rCherise was brushing her long hair gently down\rIt was the afternoon of carnival as she brushes it gently down\rRubin was strumming his painted mandolin\rIt was inlaid with a pretty face in jade played in the carnival parade\r\rCherise was dressing as Pirouette in white\rWhen a fatal vision gripped her tight Cherise beware tonight\rRubin, Rubin tell me truly true\rI feel afraid and I don't know why I do, Is there another girl for you?\r\rIf you could see my heart you would know it's true\rThere's none Cherise, except for you, except for you\rI'd swear to it on my very soul, If I lie, may I fall down cold\r\rWhen Rubin played on his painted mandolin\rThe breeze would pause to listen in before going on its way again\rMasquerade began when nightfall finally woke\rLike waves against the bandstand, dancers broke to the painted mandolin\r\rLooking out to the crowd who is standing there\rSweet Ruby Claire at Rubin stared, at Rubin stared\rShe was dressed as Pirouette in red\rAnd her hair hung gently down\r\rThe crowd pressed round, Ruby stood as though alone\rRubin's song took on a different tone and he played it just for her\rThe song he played was the carnival parade\rEach note cut a thread of Cherise's fate it cut through like a blade\r\rRubin was playing his painted mandolin\rWhen Ruby froze and turned to stone for the strings played all alone\rThe voice of Cherise from the face of the mandolin\rSinging Rubin, Rubin tell me true for I have no one but you\r\rIf you could see my heart you would know it true\rThere's none Cherise, except for you, except for you\rI'd swear to it on my very soul, If I lie, may I fall down cold\r\rThe truth of love an unsung song must tell\rThe course of love must follow blind without a look behind\rRubin walked the streets of New Orleans till dawn\rCherise so lightly in his arms and her hair hung gently down The crowd pressed round, Ruby stood as though alone Reuben's song took on a different tone They performed it nearly 100 times between November 1977 and April 1995. I kept writing and writing versions of it – “Oh, this sucks.” Hunter would rewrite the lyrics: “No, that doesn’t make it.” I’d write a new melody: “No, that isn’t it.” For I have no one but you Cherise so lightly in his arms I'd swear to it on my very soul It … Reuben was strumming his painted mandolin It was enlaid with a pretty face in jade Played the Carnival Parade Cherise was dressing as Pirouette in white When a fatal vision gripped her tight Cherise, beware tonight Reuben, Reuben, tell me truly true I feel afraid and I don't know why I do Is there another girl for you If you could see in my heart Sweet Ruby Claire at Reuben stared, at Reuben stared Is there another girl for you? Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. The spelling of the title of this song differs on some recordings. as she brushes it gently down . The breeze would pause to listen in Lyrics to 'Reuben and Cherise' by Jerry Garcia. I'd swear to it on my very soul, if I lie may I fall down cold. 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