Editing Take Me Out to the Ball Game (section)

{{Short description|Song by Albert von Tilzer}}
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{{Infobox song
| name     = Take Me Out to the Ball Game
| cover = 3077 take me out to the ball game LOC.jpg
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| language = English
| published = 1908 by [[Albert Von Tilzer|York Music]]
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| genre    = [[Waltz]]
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| composer = [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
| lyricist = [[Jack Norworth]]
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| misc     = {{Audio sample
 | type        = song
 | header      = Audio
 | file        = MeekerBallGame.ogg
 | description = This, the original version of the song, was sung by Edward Meeker in 1908, and is one of the first ever recordings of the song.
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 | type        = song
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 | file        = Ballgame_organ_09_0512_altiverb_antwerp_stadium.ogg
 | description = Typical modern ball park instrumental version performed by Kaila Rochelle on a Roland GR-09 organ with a Roland RD-700 keyboard midi controller. The performance is of the chorus.
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"'''Take Me Out to the Ball Game'''" is a 1908 [[waltz]] song by [[Jack Norworth]] and [[Albert Von Tilzer]] which has become the unofficial anthem of North American [[baseball]], although neither of its authors had attended a game before writing the song.<ref name=LOC>{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200153239/default.html | title=Take Me Out to the Ball Game | encyclopedia=Performing Arts Encyclopedia | publisher=[[Library of Congress]] | accessdate=July 17, 2008 }}</ref> The song's chorus is traditionally sung as part of the [[seventh-inning stretch]] of a baseball game. Fans are generally encouraged to sing along, and at many ballparks, the words "home team" are replaced with the team name.

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is one of the three-most recognizable songs in the US, along with "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" and "[[Happy Birthday to You|Happy Birthday]]."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Robert |first=Thompson |title=Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |publisher=Hal Leonard |year=2008 |isbn=9781458471291}}</ref> However, most people are only familiar with the chorus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Take Who Out to the Ball Game? |url=https://www.si.edu/sidedoor/ep-10-take-who-out-ball-game |website=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=June 18, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>