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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…

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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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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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Just across the bridge from New York City
There’s a great big village quaint and pretty
It’s where that famous tree grows
And the home of many heroes
Why, there’s not a finer place on earth
And so I’d like to know
(Please tell…

Refrain
Who’s gonna win the pennant this year?
That’s what we all want to know
Which is the team that’ll take the flag?
Which is the team they won’t stop?
I’m a baseball fan, a (“red hot”) fan
It’s a subject I never can drop
Who’s gonna win…

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
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When the baseball season’s…

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…

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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…

O happy day the Cubs will play at good old Wrigley Field
We’ll all be ther ein the nice fresh air and watch the Cubs play ball
We all are gay on this great day at good old Wrigley Field
We cast away all toil and care, and watch the Cubs play…

Chorus
I wanna go out to the baseball game
I wanna sit right next to my old flame
I wanna get a seat away up high
I wanna hear ‘em crack a high ball fly
I wanna see the catcher strut his stuff
I wamma watch the pitcher run his bluff
I wanna…

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
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Just drop me off at the ball game
My mind’s made up to see it all
Where pitchers balk and runners…

V1
Hurry Hurry! “Dun”
You’re a baseball fan
Take me out to see the game today
Take me with the boys
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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 You have heard most of the songs of late Ev’ry one likes something up to date All the rage, upon the stage When ever you go to a musical show Sneaky freaky coony drags Old t ime opears changed to rags People swaying, bands a playing Ragtime…

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;…

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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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…

"Respectfully dedicated to Connie Mack and his Athletics of 1929."

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“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”:
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It says, Eve stole first nad Adam second,
Solomon umpir’d the…

“College Song Dedicated to the Memory of Christy Mathewson”
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We sing the days at fair Bucknell,
The merry chase for “Cap and Gown”
With band, parade, and College bell,
To liven up the town
Brave dauntless days, so fleet awing
Bright sunny…

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Come all ye loyal rooters
We’re going to the game
Oh, let your business take a slump
We are going just the same
For this is Boston’s trn to hoist
That champion banner high
So we’ll cheer those Red Sox fellows up
‘Till the echoes reach the…

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…

Let’s all sing THE BASEBALL POLKA,
Batter up, batter up,
Play ball!
Let’s all sing THE BASEBALL POLKA,
It’s the game that I love the best of all.
How I love to listen to the cheers,
When they yell “Kill the umpire”
It’s music to my ears,
So…

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 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…