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Grantland Rice. Base-ball Ballads
Base-ball Ballads
Table of Contents
PLAY BALL
WHEN THE BUG IS ON THE BAWL
CASEY’S REVENGE
THE BUG’S VIEW-POINT
THE COURTSHIP OF A SON OF SWAT
THE BUSH LEAGUER’S DREAM (From our “Songs of the Spring Recruit.”)
I
Chorus
II
Chorus
SPRINGTIME IN THE HISTORY ROOM
THE HOLD-OUT LEAGUE
THE SONG OF THE BASE HIT
ON THE ROAD TO ROOTERS’ ROW (Letting Mr. Kipling in, of course, on a bit of the graft.)
I
II
III
IV
“TILL THE LAST MAN IS OUT.”
L’Envoi
THE BUSHERS
THE CLIMAX OF FAN JOY
SONGS OF SWAT—“YOU USTER BAT .300.”
Chorus
Chorus
THE TEST
THE LAUGH ON NERO
CURFEWED
THE FAN AND HIS WAY
OVER THE PLATE
KNOCKING SLANG
THE REAL SPRINGTIME
THE RAVEN UP-TO-DATE
A DAY IN THE BLEACHERS
I
II
III
A WARNING
OUT ON THE LINES
ON MEMORY’S WALL
THE GAME
MUDVILLE’S FATE
A TOAST WORTH WHILE
THE CHAMPS OF THE ALLEY LEAGUE
THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH ANSON ON THE OLD CHICAGO TEAM
THE RECORD
“THE MAJOR LEAGUER’S DAUGHTER;” OR, “THE TURNING OF THE TIDE.”
Chorus
Chorus
PEN SNAPSHOT OF THE BRITISH FAN
ON THE COACHING LINE
THE GOODS
THE WINTER LEAGUE WONDER
A TIP TO THE FAN FLOCK
AS THE GAME “BREAKS.”
THE GRAND OLD WINTER LEAGUE
THE SLIDE OF PAUL REVERE
THE ANNUAL RETURN
IN THE GOOD OLD WINTER TIME (Old, but to the point. As sung by the fan chorus around many circuits.)
I
Chorus
II
Chorus
AFTER THE GAME
ON ROOTERS’ ROW
I
II
THE LOVE SONNETS OF A SON OF SWAT
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
AT THE END OF THE GAME
THE MOGUL’S DREAM (With apologies to “The Actor’s Dream.”)
L’Envoi
HARD-LUCK ADAM
DENTON (CY) YOUNG
THE UMP’S MIDWINTER DREAM
A REAL JOB FOR TEDDY
THE SHOCK
WHEN “WIFEY” READS DOPE
A HARD-LUCK YARN
A FAN’S DIARY
(March Fifteenth.)
(April Fifteenth.)
(May Fifteenth.)
(June Fifteenth.)
(July First.)
(July Fifteenth.)
(October First.)
GAME CALLED
