V1
Maggie McHugh was a fan, good and true
Who was strong for the home team’s big twirler
Thugh Mag ne’er confessed nearly ev’ry one guessed that she loved this hard hitting crack twirler
There in the stand, with a rose in her hand and a smile in…
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…
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
I met a lad handsome and witty who whispered to me you are so pretty.
Soon he and I were cabaretting, we had a good time, goes without saying.
He came to my house all the lights were low.
And then he held me close, set my heart a glow.
He…
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…
V1 When I first gaz’d into your eyes Your image made a home run to my heart I tried to tag the feeling which into my heart was steeling But it had too great a start I thought ‘twas just a base hit that you made And you’d be caught in stealing second…
V1
Deacon Jones addressed the congregation
Said “The roof lets in the rain,
And folks that am an aggravation to Rev’rend Jackson Smith that’s plain;
Now I propose good sisters and brothers we raise some funds to shingle up the leak,
A ball game…
The world is full of many things, that science can’t explain:
And one of these, is the disease, that’s slately hit the brain:
IT used to be insanity,
But at the present day,
But anybody’s crazy in the head, the doctors say:
It’s only (chorus?)…
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 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…
1) The game was even Steven,
Then the Umpire called an OUT,
The crowd yelled ‘Kill the Umpire’
He don’t know what’s all about,
He made a wrong decision,
While the clouds of dust were deep,
With pop bottles and brick bats,
The crowd rocked him…
1) A tramp walked in a bar and grill,
Just dying for a drink,
The crowd gave him a big ha ha,
Then led him to the sink,
They kidded him and laughed at him,
And thought it was great fun,
But one kind Gent knew how he felt,
Gave him a drink of…
V1
Don’t wreck your life in an auto
I don’t want an auto guy
I want a man, a base ball man
I’ll tell you the reason why.
I love baseball, the best of all, and want to be a “Fan”
I’d give the word to be your girl
Oh! You baseball man
V2
The…
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
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…
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
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…
V
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
C
Oh! You better…
V1
Just a year a go I met her my Molly, my own,
And I never will forget her for she would grace a throne,
Altho’ she is kind as a girl can be,
Sometimes she seems quite in dif’rent to me,
Tis’ modesty only I plainly can see,
So I sing to her…
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
Hurry Hurry! “Dun”
You’re a baseball fan
Take me out to see the game today
Take me with the boys
V2
Fanny had a dream
Was a funny dream
Dream’d about the baseball game that day
Saw the players there
Chorus
Three cheers!
Baseball is a…
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…
V1 Oh Mister Fan Oh Mister Fan Let’s be on our way To the game today Oh mister man oh mister man Couldn’t miss my grandma’s funeral I’ve got the price I’ve got the price Of a bleacher seat I will stand the trea To the big league ball game Let’s go…
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…
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…
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…
V1
What’s all the whoopee for?
You hear from shore to shore
The New York Giants
Let’s lead one from the floor,
For godo old John McGraw
And his New York Giants
Chorus
We’re Loyal Giant Rooters
Loyal to the core
We want the word to…
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…
"Introduced by Eddie Foy in the musical comedy 'The Orchid'."
Voice 1
In a Restaurant the other night, the best one in New York
I saw a man who vainly tried to eat soup with a fork
My heart went out in pity
Ev’ry time his form would plunge
He…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…