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The Music of Baseball

The Base Ball Polka (1858)

Kit Young, piano.

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Live Oak Polka

excerpt (1860). Kit Young, piano.

Live Oak Polka 1860 Lester Levy Collection of Sheet Music Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins
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Fan Craze March and Two Step

(1905). Kit Young, piano.

Original Fan Craze board game playing card

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The Umpire is a Most Unhappy Man

(1906) Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9352, sung by Edward M. Favor.

The Umpire is a Most Unhappy Man 1905 Baseball Sheet Music Collection The New York Public
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game 

(1908), sung by Edward Meeker. Edison cylinder recording.

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Take Your Girl to the Ball Game

(1908). The Red Skies Music Ensemble, Trudy Williams and  George Boziwick, co-producers: Sean Mahoney, voice, and trombone; Leah Wells, guitar; Trudy Williams, bass; George Boziwick, harmonica; Phil Forbes, percussion.

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I Want to Go to the Ball Game 

(1909). Sara Banleigh, voice; Ryan Shirar, piano.

I Want to go to the Ball Game 1909 Baseball Sheet Music Collection The New York Public Lib
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Back to the Bleachers for Mine

chorus only (1910). Sara Banleigh, voice; Ryan Shirar, piano.

Back to the Bleachers for Mine 1910 Baseball Sheet Music Collection The New York Public Li
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I’m Baseball Crazy Too 

(1914). Sara Banleigh, voice; Ryan Shirar, piano.

Im Baseball Crazy Too 1914 Baseball Sheet Music Collection The New York Public Library for
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The National Game of Love

(1919). Sara Banleigh, voice; Ryan Shirar, piano.

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