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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…
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
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…
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
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
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 “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
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
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 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’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
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
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…
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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…
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Something tells me, compels me to tell you that you’re swell, and yet
You play so hard to get it’s so unfair
Tho’ I try, tell me why I’m not getting any place with you,
Can’t get to “first base” with you so if you really care
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Oh! You better…
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Uncle Sam, when you play ball the rules must all be fair:
Your name is in a golden frame for playing on the square.
Uncle Sam, we’ve made a vow since that Pearl harbor raid,
And now it’s up to you to show them how the game is…
Words for Trio
Hail men of Fordham hail
On to the fray.
Once more our foes assail
In strong array
Once more the old maroon
Wave on high
And sing our battle song
We do or die
Let us cheer wit ha ram! ram! ram for loyalty.
And again with a…
V1
Portland’s sons are brave, her daughters fair,
They’re famed in song and story ev’rywhere
In stress of life’s endeavor
You will find them leaders ever,
And crowned with a distinction that is rare
Honors will not let them put away
The…
Homecoming V1
We’re loyal to you, Illinois
We’re “Orange and Blue,” Illinois
We’ll back you to stand
‘Gainst the best in the land,
For we know you have sand, Illinois,
Rah! Rah!
So 1) smash that blockade 2) crack out that ball Illinois
1) Go…
V1
Heinie is a catcher on our baseball nine,
And behind the bat he certainly does shine,
But you ought to hear him on the coaching line,
Sing out: “Keep aworking all the time!”
There’ sa little girl, whose name is Mary Ann,
And she thinks, that…
V1
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”…
V1 E
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
V2 E
“Three strikes out”,…
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
Come on you fans of Rochester,
The summer time is here,
The summer time, the baseball time,
The best time of the year,
For we have won three pennants,
But you bet that won’t be all,
We’re going to have our fourth one,
When the season…
V1
In nineteen thirty nine a man with vision in a town called Williamsport V. A.
Created from the grand old game of baseball,
The little league that carries on today
V2
When Carl Stotz played baseball as a youngster,
Older boys said, “you’re…
V1
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
V2
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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A little story that I want to tell
About a certain band that you know well
An aggregation down in Michigan wit ha leader man by the name of Ben
They started jazzin’ back in ninety two and entertained the folks with music blue
No one has ideas…
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Sound the trumpets, sound the trumpets
Billy Sunday’s come to town
Let us meet him, let us greet him praise his name for legends around
He will save us he’s an angel sent down by the Lord
Come let us sing, let the air ring praise him in one…
V1
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…
V1 A little maden climbed an old man’s knee Begged for a story “Do Uneje please,” Why are you single, why live alone! Have you no babies, have you no home? I had a sweetheart, years, years ago; Where she is now pet, you will soon know List to the…
V1
At a ball game you will see him
Perched upon the bleacher high,
Where the sun beats down upon his brain,
There’s a wild look in his eye.
When he came in through the gate,
He had a mild and modest air;
When the bell rang “play ball”
He…
Solo
Ev’ry college, ev’ry place in the U.S.A.
Chorus
Has a base ball nine,
Has a base ball nine,
Solo
And the game is fine,
It’s simply great,
It’s the only game that’s up to date.
Chorus
Base ball, base ball,
It’s the only Nat’nal…
V1
Sweet mammie Magee was a young coryphee
And she danced in the chorus by night:
The Mamie by day was a “fan” in her way,
For a ballgame was Mamie’s delight
She’d root through a game and then send in her name
And invite them all down to her…
Verse
Some girls were born to be the cook type
Ohters were made for charity
Still others were born to be the book type not me!
Oh no!
Chorus 1
Tempo di Benguine
I’m an EXTRACURRICUELER GIRL for gentlemen tired of school
I’m b eginning to feel…
V1 An umpire is a cross between a bullfrog and a goat, He has a mouth that’s flannel lined and brass tues in his throat; He needs a cool nad level head, that isn’t hard to hit, So when the fans beat up his frame They’ll have a nice place to sit;…