‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’



The original 1908 lyrics to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game:”

Katie Casey was baseball 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:

(Repeat chorus.)

A “sou” was slang for a low-denomination coin.



Source: MLB.com