(We present two versions)
The anthem to the game of baseball, 1908.
words by Jack Norworth
music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Revised sheet music from 1936:
Accompaniment track:
Original lyrics:
- Katie Casey was baseball mad
Had the fever and had it bad
Just to root for the home town crew
Every 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 can do”
Chorus
Take me out to the ball game
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack
I don’t care if I never get back
Let me root, root, root for the home team
If they don’t win it’s a shame
For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out
At the old ball game
- Katie Casey saw all the games
Knew the players by their first names
Told the umpire he was wrong
All along good and strong
When the score was just two to two
Katie Casey knew what to do
Just to cheer up the boys she knew
She made the gang sing this song
Revised lyrics from 1936:
Revised Verse
Nelly Kelly loved baseball games,
Knew the players, knew all their names,
You could see her there every day,
Shout “Hurray”, when they’d play.
Her boyfriend by the name of Joe,
Said “to Coney Isle, dear, let’s go,” then
Nelly started to fret and pout,
And to him I heard her shout:
Revised Verse 2
Nelly Kelly was sure some fan,
She would root just like any man,
Told the umpire he was wrong
All along, good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
Nelly Kelly knew what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song:
Sung here by Fred Feild:
1936 version sung by Laurence Rubenstein: