Title: American Old Time Song Lyrics
Subject: Traditional & Folk Music
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
Keywords: Old time music, American, oldtimey, bluegrass

Hamtown Base Ball Club - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Hamtown Base Ball Club. 
I know I'll never forget the day I learned to play base ball; Of all the games I ever played, That game just knocked them all. They said they'd give me a bang-up time, And take me as a "sub;" I was a high-toned nigger with girls when I joined The Hamtown Base Ball Club. I had to run and jump, Got many a bump and thump; They made me hop When I played short stop, On my car was a great big lump. On my shins I had to rub St. Jacob's oil by the tub; It made me sick, But I didn't want to kick In the Hamtown Base Ball Club. 
I was hit in a tender spot so hard, For a month I could not sit; My lips looked like a busted tomattus Or a pound of liver split. I got a big stinger from the man at the bat, It busted my left lung, Stove in three ribs and took my breath, And I swallowed half my tongue. My nose was split and peeled While out on centre field, I tried to catch a fly, But got it in the eye, 'Twas a month before it healed. They called me a good scrub, Said I wasn't worth my grub; When my fingers got broke, 'Twas a d----d good joke, In the Hamtown Base Ball Club. 
I was all bunged up, I was weak and sore, My bones ached through and through; I was marked all over like a huckleberry puddin', My body was black and blue. I wished I was up in a big balloon Ten thousand miles away, Or up in the work-house doing six months, Before I began to play. They soon brought me to a check With a red hot liner on the neck; Like a shot from the gun, I thought it weighed ton> I was all broke up and wreck. They said I was a snide old sub, With my head swelled as big as a tub I was knocked out flat With a base ball bat, In the Hamtown Base Ball Club.