Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Words & Music:
Jack Norworth & Albert
Von Tilzer (1908)
This is the iconic,
quintessential American baseball song and was featured in Ken Burns'
documentary on the sport.
Everybody knows the chorus, but not the verses that set up the
story. Clayton Campbell is a champ
for figuring out & sending me the chords and the words to the first
verse! Thanks, Clayton!
VERSE:
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Katie Casey
was baseball mad, had the fever & had it bad.
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Just to
root for the hometown crew, every sou Katie blew.
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On a
Saturday, he, young beau, asked young Katie if she would go,
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To see a
show; but young Katie said, "No.
I'll tell you what you can do..."
CHORUS:
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"Take
me out to the ball game. Take me
out with the crowd. [alt: "to the park".]
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Buy me some
peanuts and Crackerjack. I don't
care if I never ["we ever"] get back!
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So, it's
root, root, root for the home team.
If they don't win, it's a shame.
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For it's
one, two--, three strikes you're out at the old ball game!"
Katie
Casey loved baseball games; knew the players, knew all their names.
You
could see her there ev'ry day shout "Hurray!" when they'd play.
Her
boyfriend by the name of Joe said, "To Coney Isle, dear, let's go,"
Then
Katie started to fret and pout and to him I heard her shout:
CHORUS:
Katie
Casey was sure some fan, she would root just like any man,
Told
the umpire he was wrong all along, good and strong.
When
the score was just two to two, Katie Casey knew what to do,
Just
to cheer up the boys she knew, she made the game sing this song:
CHORUS: