<P> Though not so indicated in the lyrics, the chorus is usually sung with a pause in the middle of the word "Cracker", giving "Cracker Jack" a pronunciation "Crac--- ker Jack". Also, there is a noticeable pause between the first and second "root". </P> <P> The song (or at least its chorus) has been recorded or cited countless times in the 110 years since it was written . The first verse of the 1927 version is sung by Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra at the start of the MGM musical film, Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), a movie that also features a song about the famous and fictitious double - play combination, O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg . </P> <P> Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album Join Bing and Sing Along (1959) </P> <P> In the early to mid-1980s, the Kidsongs Kids recorded a different version of this song for A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm . </P>

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