The First Baseball Game
Title
The First Baseball Game
Description
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 game.
Rebecca went to the well with the pitcher and Ruth in the field made a name.
Goliath was struck out David,
A base hit made on Abel by Cain,
And the prodigal son made a great home run,
Brother Noah game checks out for rain.
C2
Ol’ Saint Pete was checkin’ errors,
Also had charge of the gate.
Salome sacrific’d Big John the Baptist who wound up ahead on the plate.
Delilah was pitchin’ to Samson,
When he brought down the houses with a clout,
And the Angels that day made a double play,
That’s when Adam and Eve were thrown out.
C3
Joah “whaled” and went down swinging,
Later he popp’d up again.
A “lion” drive by old Nebuchadnezzar made Daniel warm up in the pen.
Satan was pitchin’ that apple,
IT look’d as though he might fan ‘em all,
But then Joshua let go with a mighty blow,
And he blasted one right at the wall.
“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 game.
Rebecca went to the well with the pitcher and Ruth in the field made a name.
Goliath was struck out David,
A base hit made on Abel by Cain,
And the prodigal son made a great home run,
Brother Noah game checks out for rain.
C2
Ol’ Saint Pete was checkin’ errors,
Also had charge of the gate.
Salome sacrific’d Big John the Baptist who wound up ahead on the plate.
Delilah was pitchin’ to Samson,
When he brought down the houses with a clout,
And the Angels that day made a double play,
That’s when Adam and Eve were thrown out.
C3
Joah “whaled” and went down swinging,
Later he popp’d up again.
A “lion” drive by old Nebuchadnezzar made Daniel warm up in the pen.
Satan was pitchin’ that apple,
IT look’d as though he might fan ‘em all,
But then Joshua let go with a mighty blow,
And he blasted one right at the wall.
Creator
Don Raye, Gene de Paul
Date
1948
Files
Citation
Don Raye, Gene de Paul, “The First Baseball Game,” The Baseball Sheet Music Project, accessed May 8, 2024, https://baseballsheetmusic.omeka.net/items/show/18.