Member and chief songwriter Bob Gaudio wrote this.
He was driving his car to the studio in New York City when he was stopped at a "three-minute light.
A little girl - with ragged clothes and dirty face - ran up to the car and cleaned the windshield.
As the light changed, Gaudio rummaged frantically through his pockets in an effort to find a quarter to pay the girl, who did indeed look like a Rag Doll.
The smallest piece of money he could find was a five-dollar bill (sometimes Gaudio would say "ten-dollar bill" when he tells this story),
so he gave her the currency. She was speechless, but he remembered her stunned look at the studio, where he composed the song.


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"Rag Doll"

Ooh, oo-oo-oo-ooh (Ooh-oo-ooh)
Ooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh
Ahh, ah-ah-ah-ahh (Rag doll, ooh)
Ooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh

(Rag doll, ooh) (Hand me down)
When she was just a kid
Her clothes were hand-me-downs

(Hand-me-down)
They always laughed at her when she came into town
Called her rag doll
Little rag doll

Such a pretty face should be dressed in lace
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
(Shag rag doll)

I'd change her sad rags into glad rags
If I could (if I could)
My folks won't let me
'Cause they say that she's no good
She's a rag doll, such a rag doll
Though I love her so
I can't let her know

Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oh
Aah aah aah aah aah
I love you just they way you are
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh
I love you just they way you are (Rag doll, ooh)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh
(Rag doll, ooh)
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oh




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