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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…

V1
Little colored child
He’s been running wild
Running all the livelong day
Must be tired out
Must be just about
Ready now to seek the hay
Mammy sits right near
Pickaninny dear
Nothing’s goin’ to harm him, no
Mammy she, her watch will…

V1
Mammy dry my tears
I’m so full of fears
I’ve just been scared to death while comin’ home
‘way down de other stret
De white folks dat I meet
Tells me I won’t be living long, and you’ll be all alone
Dey called me choc’late drop
But I begged…

V1 Say, did you hear the news about what’s happenin’ in Brooklyn? We really got the blues about what’s happenin’ in Brooklyn It ain’t official yet We hope official it don’t get But beware my friend, and let me warn ya, they’re think’ a taink’ the…

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…

V1
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
C
Let’s go out to the ball game
Let’s take the afternoon off
it looks like a mighty fine game…

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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
C
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,…

Introduction
Play ball! The Legion call is heard across the land:
Home run! The game is won,
Hey, listen to that band!

Legion Ball is pledged to teamwork,
Win or lose, salute the play;
In our pride we must be humble,
That’s the Legion…

V1
Murgatroyd Darcy, The belle of Canarsic, went ‘round with a fellow named Rodge
At dancing the rhumba or jitterbug number, you couldn’t beat Rodger at this dodge
Throughout the cold weather the pair danced together,
But when the trees blossomed…

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…

As sung by Blossom Seeley

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
You may talk about the weather if it’s going to rain or shine
Figure on the market and you’re apt to get in line
You may figure on the horses and perhaps you’ll dope them out
But to figure on a ball game is to always be in doubt
V2
You may…

Let’s go, batter up, we’re takin’ the afternoon off Refrain It’s a beautiful day for a ball game, for a ball game today 1) The fans are out to get a ticket or two from Walla Walla, Washington to Kalamazoo It’s a beautiful day for the home run but…

Chorus
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…

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…

Chorus
I’ll tell the world, I’ll see ya’ at the (crack) World Sreies
‘Cause that’s where I’m gonna be
And you can bet that even if I have to crawl
I am gonna be there when they yell “Play ball!”
A’ rootin’, hootin’, tootin’ for the home team
If…

V1 If life, were only sunshine, And you with me would stay The time would pass so quickly ‘Twould seem just like a day If life were only gladness, Though skies grow dark above I’d ask you to be with me So we could always love V2 If life, were sweet…

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…

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
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…

Marry Me navy was always contrary
She’d never 1) go out on a date 2) give out with a date
But at a swell party she meet a rich smarty who asked her if she’d TeTe Tete
She said now look here this to you may sound queer 1) for your smooth talk I’m…

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…

Voice
I’ve sacrificed and bunted my own heart
I laughed with tears in my eyes
After each ending you want a new start
Lover, you can’t realize
Chorus
The game is over,
There’s nothing else we can do
I can’t get to first base with you
We’ve…

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…

Three cheers for “Husky Hans”
So modest in his way
Yet “He’s the star, they say by far, of ev’ry game they play”
Then praise him long and loud when ‘er he strikes the ball
Four we all know where ‘er they go, our Hans is champion of them all

V1
Where’s the crowd all going,
Ev’ry one so glad
Ev’ry body’s happy
Can’t find one that’s sad
Street cars they’re all crowded
Shouting (local town) name
Oh! I know just where they’ll go
Street car signs they tell me so
Direct to the Base…

V1
When you want to see a baseball game
Just remember Mister Wrigley’s name
He’s got a team that’s sure got steam
The Chicago Cubs I mean
When you’ve seen Hack Wilson make a hit
And the other lads all do their bit
You’ll say it’s the cream,
A…

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…