Lou Gehrig Sheet Music

The musical score, sheet music for voice and piano, was written by Eleanor Gehrig and Fred Fisher. "Dedicated to Lou Gehrig - famous first baseman" for the New York Yankees, the cover illustration features Lou Gehrig, in uniform smoking a cigarette, his facsimile autograph on his left arm, and an insert photograph of Lou's wife Eleanor. The song titled "I Can't Get to First Base with You" was written as part of a campaign led by Eleanor of giving the publicly shy and modest Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth type notoriety, to embrace his celebrity, rather than hide from it, and encourage Lou to accept the title of the New York Yankees Captain.

After Babe Ruth's departure from the Yankees in 1934, Lou Gehrig was urged on to take control of the Yankees leadership in 1935. The soon to be named Yankees Captain was encouraged to take on a different personality. Realizing that Lou was under pressure to change, Eleanor wrote a letter to Lou, telling him to just be himself, "Just go on to be fine, true and simple." She reminded him that he was not Babe Ruth, and shouldn't try to be like him. She didn't want him to be pressured into doing something he would regret.

She then joined with her friend, writer and composer, Fred Fisher in writing the song dedicated to Lou Gehrig. Fisher, composed, and wrote such songs as "Chicago", "Peg O' My Heart", "And the Band Played On" Although it brought a smile to Lou Gehrig's face upon hearing it, the song was not a hit with the public.

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"I can't get to first base with you" - Lyrics
Words and Music by Mrs. Lou Gehrig & Fred Fisher
Piano Score by Harold Potter

I've sacrificed and bunted my heart,
I've laughed tears in my eyes;
after each ending you want a new start,
Lover, you can't realize:
The game is over,
There's nothing else we can do,
I can't get to first base with you;
We've been in clover and every time we get thu,
I can't get to first base with you.
Once in the beginning, love was always winning,
and in every inning, you made a hit with me.
This is the wind up, I made my mind up to go,
You know how I feel about you,
You got me crying, Alibiing making me blue,
I can't get to first base with you, you.

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