'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' was written in 1908 by a man who had never watched a baseball game in his life. Jack Norworth saw a subway sign and wrote the lyrics right there. Albert Van Tilzer put them to music, and he had not been to a game either. It is now one of the most recognized songs in American sports.
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It's American Rewind.
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In:
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Holo grounds.
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He'd never been to a baseball game in his life, but he grabbed a scrap of paper and sketched out a song anyway.
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The composer, Albert Van Tilzer, set it to music.
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He'd never seen a baseball game either.
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The song came out that spring, and within months it was everywhere.
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Take me out to the ball game?
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Take me out with the crowd?
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Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack?
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I don't care if I never get back?
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Let me root, root, root for the home team.
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Today fans sing Take Me out to the Ball Game at just about every ballpark in the country.
