Nelly Kelly loved baseball games. Knew the players, knew all their names. You could see her there ev'ry day. Shout "Hurray" when they'd play. Her boyfriend by the name of Joe. Said, "To Coney Isle, dear, let's go". Then Nelly started to fret and pout. And to him, I heard her shout:
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.
Nelly Kelly was sure some fan. She would root just like any man, Told the umpire he was wrong. All along, good and strong. When the score was just two to two. Nelly Kelly knew what to do, Just to cheer up the boys she knew. She made the gang sing this song…
這首"Take Me Out to the Ball Game",據說是美國最常被傳唱的歌謠之一。這洋溢著歡樂的歌曲,很多小朋友都是在第一次去看棒球時被爸爸教會怎麼唱,或者是在球場聽著大家唱,然後不知不覺就學會了,就像我這樣。學會的過程真的很快很快,因為歌詞裡面描寫的,其實就是一種單純快樂的球迷心情,知道每個球員的名字、熟悉每一場比賽、對裁判大吼大叫、全心全意地投入,當然這是身為一個球迷的心情寫照,也百分之百是我的心情寫照。