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You may be blue, Your spirits upside down,
Still that’s no reason why you should scowl and frown,
Here’s one good way to feel right keen and trim,
Tune in with Billy and sing along with him
Refrain 1
Why don’t you laugh young man when…

V1
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
V2
When the baseball season’s…

V1
Oh! I’m all set for the ball game
I’ve got to see a game of ball
If you don’t mind just help me find
Where the game is played that’s all
V2
Just drop me off at the ball game
My mind’s made up to see it all
Where pitchers balk and runners…

V1 I’ve got a longin’ way down in my heart. For that old gant that has drifted apart. They were the best pals that I ever had, I never thought that I’d want them so bad V2 Last night I strolled to that old neighborhood, There on that corner I…

V1 Katie Casey was baseball mad, Had the fever and had it bad, Just to root for the hometown 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…

V1
I’m a modern Apollo, a big Irishman,
You should see me when playing base bal
You can hear it for miles as they shout “there’s McCann,”
When I step to the base for a fall
Then I brace up and look at the man in the box,
As I make a big swipe…

V1
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…

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…

V1
When Smithie told the widow he was going to the game,
She answered, “take me with you for I feel inclied the same,”
The game was almost ended and the bases were all filled,
The umpire called “two strikes, three balls,” then every thing was…

V1
While most people welcome the summer I fear
I must say I’m sorry that summer is here,
With me it’s a case of and needles and pins,
When summer comes ‘round my trouble begins,
For as soon as the season of ball games commence,
That husband of…

V1
On the city highways down the country lanes
I have seen a million children playing at their games
As I watch those kiddies romping in the sun
I wish I could love them all like, I love the one that I call
V2
In this world if sinning in this…

V1
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.
V2
Maud has no choice in teams,
But…

Chorus 1
It’s your turn now, I’ll pitch to you
One more strike and you’ll be through
Our LOVE GOES ON LIKE A BALL GAME
2) You had your chance to play it fair
But it seems you didn’t care
OUR LOVES GOES ON LIKE A BALL GAME

You steal around to…

V
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…

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V
It’s a hot day today
And what do you say
Let’s go out to the game
It’s a very nice day
And the boss is away
Let’s go out to the game
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LET’S GO OUT TO THE BALL GAME
Let’s take the afternoon off
It…

V1
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,…

Verse
Baseball time each year is just the same,
Ev’ry one who loves our national game
Gets a thrill, it gets them one and all,
When the umpire cries Play ball.
And no matter who should win the game,
We love it the same.
All our worries…

V
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…

V1 Happy Mary Ann Mc Cann A crazy “Baseball Fan” Rooted hard for Dan Moran Dan Moran, her “Baseball man.” When he came to bat, one day, And saw her smile so gay, His Irish heart was thumping When he heard her yell “Hooray!” She loudly cried “Oh!…

V
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…

V1
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…

V1
Billy O’Grady and his little lady
Were sweethearts for many long moons;
When night was falling on her he’d go calling
And warble life’s sweetest of tunes:
He’d say “Tomorrow I’m going to borrow
A V-spot and take you somewhere”
She’d listen…

V1
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…

V1
Some folks want music,
And some folks want wealth,
Others want pleasure and some just want health,
But when the sun shines, and the weather is warm,
One thing I want,
And it does me no harm
V2
You may want this thing,
And you may want…

Verse
It all began at the ball park
One Sunday afternoon.
Me and my girl were sippin’ soe pop,
Watchin’ the pitchin’ that really was top,
When all of a sudden the crowd raised their hands,
A guy hit a ball that went into the stands.
Chorus
I…

V1
“Now Jimmy Jones,” the teacher said,
You lied just yesterday!
You told me that your Ma was ill,
And home you’d have to stay.
But you went to the game instead,
And just because you lied.
just take your slate and rule,
And stay I nafter…

V1
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…

V1
Softly the twilight is stealing,
Seven o’clock bells are pealing,
Johnnie with mama is pleading:
“Please may I go and play”
“No dear, it’s nearly your bed time;
Too late for raising old Ned time”
Johnnie’s tears soon were a falling,
When…

V1
Bill Johnson was a swatter on a Bush League nine,
Way down South in Caroline,
Pitchers looked alike to him he had the sign,
He could hit them all the time.
Hit them where they weren’t, hit them high or low,
Hit them fast, hit them…

Goodbye to Winter, I’ll see you next year;
Hello to Springtime, Gee I’m glad you’re here!
Listen you flivver, Get yourself outside!
Come on, my sweetheart, Let’s go for a ride!
Refrain 1
HO HUM! Spring is here now,
HO HUM! Skies are very clear…

V1
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
V2
In ev’ry grandstand in…

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…

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

V1
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…

Slowly, lightly rhythmical, and tenderly
Hit the hay, you freckled rookie, put your bat away,
You have played your baseball for today.
Better hit that dreamy dugout, then put out the light,
GOODNIGHT, LITTLE LEALGUER, goodnight.
By the way, you…

Voice
He carries around a heavy old rifle and a heavy old pack
But doesn’t seem to feel how much they weigh,
‘Cause he carries around this dream all day.
Refrain
1) First class private mary Brown,
She wore that uniform like a million dollar…

Verse
“My sermon today,” said the rev’rend Jones “is baseball and whence it came.
If you take the good book, and you take a good look you will find THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME”:
C1
It says, Eve stole first nad Adam second,
Solomon umpir’d the…

V1
Little Freddie McCann was a great baseball fan,
And he knew ev’ry play thru and thru.
When he called up sweet Molly, a nice little dolly,
One Sunday at half past two,
She said “Dear, let us go to the park for a row,
And spoon’neath a big…