Songwriters Hall of Fame - Jack Norworth Exhibit Home: In 1908, Jack Norworth wrote the lyrics to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” while riding a New York City subway train. He had spotted a sign that said "Ballgame Today at the Polo Grounds" and baseball-related lyrics started popping into his head. He took the lyrics to composer Albert Von Tilzer and the product was to become the well known baseball song. Ironically, neither Norworth or Tilzer had ever been to a baseball game at the time the song was written, but it became the second most widely sung song in America (second only to the National Anthem) and a #1 hit in 1908 for Billy Murray and Haydn Quartet.
▶ Frank Sinatra & Gene Kelly in Take Me Out To The Ball Game 1949 - YouTube:
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