TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
by: Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
- ATIE Casey
was base-ball mad,
- Had the fever and had it bad;
- Just to root for the home town crew,
- Ev'ry sou Katie blew.
- On a Saturday, her young beau called to see if she'd like
to go,
- To see a show but Miss Kate said "no,
- I'll tell you what you can do:"
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- Chorus
- Take me out to the ball game,
- Take me out with the crowd
- Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
- I don't care if I never get back,
- Let me root, root, root for the home-team,
- If they don't win it's a shame
- For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, at the old
ball game.
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- Katie Casey saw all the games,
- Knew the players by their first names;
- 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 gang sing this song:
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- Chorus
- Take me out to the ball game,
- Take me out with the crowd
- Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
- I don't care if I never get back,
- Let me root, root, root for the home-team,
- If they don't win it's a shame
- For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, at the old
ball game.
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