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The Official Baseball Song "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" Sheet Music


  "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, 1936 Sheet Music
 
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Sheet Music
Item Details
  • CIRCA - 1936
  • PUBLISHER - Broadway Music Corporation - Jerry Vogel Music Co. Inc.
  • SIZE -  10.5" x 13.5"
  • PRICE GUIDE - $15.00-$30.00
    Very Good - Excellent condition

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    A song written in 1908 by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, "Take Me out to the Ball Game" became the official anthem of baseball. It is the third-most frequently heard song in America, behind the national anthem and Happy Birthday. Norworth who had never been to a ball game, wrote the lyrics when he passed the Polo Grounds on an elevated train and saw a sign that read “Baseball Today.” The song was first sung by his wife Nora Bayes and popularized by various vaudeville acts.

  In 1927, Jack Norworth wrote, and copyrighted, alternative lyrics, replacing "Katie Casey" with a new heroine called "Nelly Kelly". The different versions of verse do have some similarities but also significant differences, however the chorus remained the same in both versions. The copyright was renewed in 1936 by Albert Von Tilzer, and assigned to Broadway Music Corp. Albert's brother Will was president. Jack Norworth also renewed the copyright, and it was assigned to Jerry Vogel Music Co., Inc. Both Companies are credited on the 1936 Sheet music. 

Norworth didn't attend his first Major League baseball game until 1940 when he was honored on "Jack Norworth Day" at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field.


 
 
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" 1936 Sheet Music
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
 Sheet Music
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Sheet Music Back 

 
  "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - Lyrics
Words by Jack Norworth - Music by Albert Von Tilzer, 1908
 
 
1908 Version 1927 Version
Katie Casey was base ball mad.
Had the fever and had it bad;
 Just to root for the home town 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 can do."

"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:

"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."
Nelly Kelly love baseball games,
Knew the players, knew all their names,
You could see her there ev'ry day,
Shout "Hurray," when they'd play.
Her boy friend 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.

"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."

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.

"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."
 
 
 
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