Trivia Monday

In 1927 the new version is sung by Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra at the start of the MGM Musical Film'' Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' in 1949. The new version change was Nelly Kelly loved baseball games, Knew the players, Knew all their names. You could see her there ev'ry day. Shout '' Hurray" When they'd play. Her boy friend by the name of Joe said,'' To Coney Isle, dear, let's go,'' Then Nelly started to fret and pout. And to him I heard her shout. The Chorus sing. ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game''

In 1908, the original version of ''Take Me Out to the Ball Game,'' with music by Albert Von Tilzer and lyrics by Jack Norworth, was copyrighted by Von Tilzer's York Music Co.

The song was inspired by a sign that said '' Baseball Tonight'' as Jack was riding a train.

The original was 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... Call 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''.

Chorus

Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd;

Buy me some peanut's and cracker jacks,

I don't care if I never get back.

Let me 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 name.

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 the chorus: