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1911 "Gee! It's A Wonderful Game" Doc White Composer Sheet Music |
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"Gee! It's a
Wonderful Game" Sheet Music |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1911
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PUBLISHER
- Jerome H. Remick
& Co.
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SIZE
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11" x 14"
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PRICE GUIDE
- $60.00-$125.00
Very Good - Excellent condition
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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Guy Harris "Doc" White pitched for the
Philadelphia Phillies in 1901, 1902,
and the Chicago White Sox from 1903 to
1913. White set the major League record
of Five consecutive shutouts in 1904
within a span of 18 days. A record that
would hold up until Don Drysdale threw
six consecutive in 1968. Doc White also
recorded the first save in World Series
history, in 1906.
White also gained some recognition as a composer, having at least four
songs published such as the bestseller;
"Little Puff of Smoke, Good Night" in
1910, and "Gee! It's a Wonderful
Game "
in 1911. Both songs written in collaboration
with Chicago Tribune sportswriter, Ring
Lardner. "Little Puff of Smoke, Good
Night" made it's debut on the
vaudeville stage on August 15, 1910 at
the American Music Hall in Chicago. The
song was sung by Stella Mayhew, singing
the chorus five times to satisfy the
enthusiastic friends of the white sox
pitchers.
Doc White who had an "agreeable"
baritone voice performed the two songs on the vaudeville stage
after the
1911 baseball season. Although
the sheet music did not do as well "Gee!
It's a Wonderful Game" was
recorded by Dodworth Saxhorn Band with
Juliet Lambert for the 1994 Ken Burns
documentary, Baseball. The sheet music was
published by Jerome H. Remick
& Co. The
title cover depicts "Christy" Columbus
watching Christy Mathewson, and
Napoleon ("Mr. Bonaparte")
watching Nap Lajoie. A
black & white picture of "G. Harris
(Doc) White" encircled by a
baseball.
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1911 "Gee! It's a
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"Gee! It's a wonderful game"
Sheet Music |
"Gee! It's a wonderful game"
Sheet Music Back |
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"Gee! It's a
wonderful game" -1911
By R.W. Lardner (lyricist) and G. Harris Doc
White
(composer)
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Who discovered the land
Of the brave and the free?
I don't know, I don't know.
'Twas Christy Columbus
Is what they tell me.
May be so, I don't know.
There's only one Christy
That I know at all
One Christy that I ever saw.
He's the one who discovered
The fade away ball,
And he pitches for Muggsy McGraw
Baseball, baseball
Ain't it a wonderful game?
Old Christy Colum'
Found this country, by gum
But the extras don't carry his name.
If old man Columbus
Had sat in the stand
Had seen Matty pitching that
"Fader" so grand
He'd have said
Boys, I'm glad I discovered this land.
Gee! it's a wonderful game.
Who lost out in the battle
Of old Waterloo?
I don't know, I don't know.
They say 'twas Na-po-le-on
May be it's true.
May be so, I don't know.
The pink sheets don't print
Mr. Bonaparte's face
No stories about him today,
'Cause he never could hold down
That old second base
Like his name sake,
Big Nap Lay'-oo-way.
Baseball, baseball
Ain't it a dandy old game?
The gen'ral of France
Couldn't lead 'em like Chance,
So no wonder his Waterloo came.
If down in his pocket
Napoleon had dug,
Had paid his five francs
To see Tyrus Cobb slug,
He'd have said, I give up:
I'm a bug, I'm a bug!
Gee! it's a wonderful game
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