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"A tribute to our beloved 'Babe' Ruth."

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If I’m somewhat hanky panky
O’er a game that’s strickly Yankee
When I have explained myself
You’ll blame me not at all
We as barefoot kids have played it
And the fact should be paraded
There is nothing in it
With our own baseball
I’m as…

Featured with tremendous success by Mabel Hite and Mike Donlin

"Featured with great success by Cy Morgan with the World’s Base ball Champions Coombs Bender, Morgan, and Pearl Sisters." V1 Talk about your funny dreams, I head one of them, it seems And it made me feel so goody, goody ‘Twasn’t sad Nothing bad,…

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‘Way down in West Beaver, they get baseball fever along about March, as a rule.
The men quit their fishin’ the women start wishin’ and children play hooky from school.
There’s only one thing that they’re talkin’ about.
At mornin’ at night and…

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A preacher man is coming to our town
To start a revival so grand
Every one invited for miles around to hear the gospel
Oh so grand
Come and join the congregation
And you’ll receive his salvation
Souls that have been lad astray
O how…

Play ball play ball
Let’s get the game agoin’ with that old familiar call
The pitcher and the catcher and the batters one and all
Play the game play the game oh!
See the happy features of the fans, up in the bleachers
Hear the cheering from the…

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Madelaine Mooney for baseball was looney
She’d rush to the game ev’ry day,
She’d root like a rooter if things didn’t suit her,
‘Twas awful the things she would say,
Now Bill was her steady, and when he got ready,
To lift up a few to the…

A crowd of people on the street standing in a line,
To buy a ticket for some fun, they have it ev’ry time.
They laugh and joke at ev’rything, they’re happy as can be when suddenly there come sa hush as someone shouts with glee
Chorus
HERE COMES…

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The grand old game is true to its name,
As they play from year to year,
Home team will win scores are coming in,
Oh how those fans can cheer,
We’re in first place, it’s sure some race,
I wish that you were there
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In ev’ry grandstand in…

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Two lovers stroll together, two lovers hand in hand,
Both make a play and steal away down to the moonlit strands
He has the same old story, he makes it sound so new
Then in her ear, he whispers, dear,
I’ve something to say to you
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Both…

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Now, Mamie McShane loved a good baseball game,
And each year she’d wait for them to start,
Her father and mother, he sister and brother,
They knew all the players by heart;
She’d drop her crocheting to find out who’s playing,
When they went…

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Tom Jones left his wife in the houses one night
And he started out for a walk
He met a pretty little blond
And with her began to talk talk talk
He took her into a sweet café
Ordered wine for the lady fair
He was making love when he looked…

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Just across the bridge from New York City
There’s a great big village quaint and pretty
It’s where that famous tree grows
And the home of many heroes
Why, there’s not a finer place on earth
And so I’d like to know
(Please tell…

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Here they come, Gong some, “Montreal” at Bat,
Lucky team, “Full of steam”
Now, take off your hat,
Bet your dough,
Don’t be slow,
For they’re sure to win
Shout “HURRAY”,
HIP, HIP, HEY,
Watch the game begin
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“Three strikes out”,…

"Dedicated to the ball players of the United States."

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There’s a game y ou’ve all heard tell of,
It’s a game they all speak well of—
There’s nothing like it, all the people say
See the crowds that are attending.
While the pennant war is…

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When the baseball season opens with a howl of glee,
And the smell of Springtime is in the air
You will find me in the grandstand, the dear old baseball grand stand
When the baseball season opens I’ll be there
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When the baseball season’s…

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I got a job once in a HENERY
To clip the wings of all the “Fowls” so they could not fly,
I told the man that I was “Hen Roost” Inspectorite
And could tell the diff’rent nationality of chickens any time of night,
So when night came I went to…

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I want to go out to the Park today
The ball season’s open, they’re going to play.
I want to ride on the merry go round
I want to dance and waltz ‘round and ‘round.
I want to boat and I want to swim.
I want to boost for my Jim,
I want to…

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It happens every spring.
The world is young again.
We’re children on an upsidaisy swing
A carousel with horses freshly painted
The oompahpah that says let’s get acquainted
What is that cheer I heard
A fellow stealing third
Your…

Chorus
Ev’rybody’s goin’ to the baseball game, the baseball game, the baseball game.
Ev’rybody’s gon’ to the baseball game, BATTER UP, BATTER UP, PLAY BALL!
Ev’rybody hollers: “Hit that ball, hit that ball over the wall.”
Ev’rybody hollers: “Hit…

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Hey there, pitcher on the mound, start to pitch, don’t fool around
Strike him out, we know you can; you don’t have to walk that man
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Hey there, slugger at the bat, just remember where you’re at
Put one up there in the stand and you’ll get a…

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Our team is passing on review, “Boy oy boy” how they came thru
That’s why we’re all here today,
With a hip, hip, hip “hooray”
The flag that we are craving,
Now is proudly waving
Refrain
Our team’s leading the “Hit” parade.
And “oh boy”…

"A theme song for every team in the big-time circuit—a musical hit for your favorite club."

The “A’s” Are the Craze (Philidelphia Athletics)
The “A’s” are all the craze of the fans in Philadelphia,
The “A’s” know the plays
To use in the…

Let’s all sing THE BASEBALL POLKA,
Batter up, batter up,
Play ball!
Let’s all sing THE BASEBALL POLKA,
It’s the game that I love the best of all.
How I love to listen to the cheers,
When they yell “Kill the umpire”
It’s music to my ears,
So…

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Where do we go from here boys
Quiet boys so you can here
After we’ve had our beer boys
I’ll tell you my Idea
Chorus
Come let’s all take a trip to the ball game gee it’s great
Don’t be late
Go and grab a front seat at the ball game
Have…

As sung by Blossom Seeley

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Manda you are a dandy
So all the fellows say
When they see you on the way
To the baseball game
She claps her hands and shouts aloud
That helps to entertain the crowd
When a grand, good play is made.
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Maud has no choice in teams,
But…

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There’s a certain fascination for the sports of this great nation
Over baseball that’s all, you know the rest
It’s the same way ev’ry season
If we’re Crazy there’s a reason
Over baseball you’ll fall just like the rest
When we see the crowded…

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Young Jimmy Croker was clerk for a broker
To be a good clerk was his aim
When ball season started then Jim was light hearted
For baseball was Jim’s middle name boss he would say “My poor Aunt died today”
So his boss said, “For heaven’s sake,…

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You say you’re in the dumps
I say there are no humps
That you can’t overrun
Where there’s lots of fun!
Chorus:
Part 1
Let’s have a ball at the ball game
Let’s have a bundle of fun,
And watch those troubles go like bubbles
When the ball…

V1 “Mammy Why” said Pickaninny, crying to his mammy Jinny “Do the white boys pick on me Tell me why they never let me be And I must not play in their yard, Ain’t I just, as nice as they are They won’t let me in their games And they call me names V2…

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Jimmy and Willie were bank chasiers
Worked until three ev’ry day
When work was done to the game they’d run
To see the old home team play
They would hop on to a trolley car
Crowded with no room to stand
But they’d squeeze in and then they’d…