<P> Norworth wrote an alternative version of the song in 1927 . (Norworth and Bayes were famous for writing and performing such hits as "Shine On, Harvest Moon".) With the sale of so many records, sheet music, and piano rolls, the song became one of the most popular hits of 1908 . The Haydn Quartet singing group, led by popular tenor Harry MacDonough, recorded a successful version on Victor Records . </P> <P> The most famous recording of the song was credited to "Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet", even though Murray did not sing on it . The confusion, nonetheless, is so pervasive that, when "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America as one of the 365 top "Songs of the Century", the song was credited to Billy Murray, implying his recording of it as having received the most votes among songs from the first decade . The first recorded version was by Edward Meeker . Meeker's recording was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". </P> <P> Below are the lyrics of the 1908 version, which is out of copyright . </P> <P> 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 Called 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 peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don't care if I never get back . Let me root, 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 their first names . 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: </P>

Words to song take me out to the ballgame