<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> <P> The term "sou", a coin of French origin, was at the time common slang for a low - denomination coin . In French the expression "sans le sou" means penniless . Carly Simon's version, produced for Ken Burns' 1994 documentary Baseball, reads "Ev'ry cent / Katie spent". </P> <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>

The lyrics to take me out to the ballgame