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

The Day I Played Base-ball - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
THE DAY I PLAYED BASE-BALL. 
My name it is O'Halloher, I'm a man that's influential, I mind my business, stop at home, My wants are few and small. Some blackguards t'other day did come-They were full of whiskey, gin and rum, An' they took me out in the broiling' sun To play a game of ball. 
They made me carry all the bats-They nearly drove me crazy. An' they sent me out in the "centre field," But I paralyzed them all. I put up my hands to catch a "fly," Holy murther, it. struck me in the eye, And they hung me on a line to dry, The day I played base-ball. 
I took the bat an' hit the ball, I thought to San Francisco, An' thin around the bases Three times I ran them all; But thin the gang begun to howl, An' they said, ould man you made a foul, An' they rubbed me down with a Turkish towel, The day I played base-hall. 
Two reporters begged to know my name, An' presinted me wid a medal, An' they asked me for my photograph, To hang upon the wall, They said that I had won the game, Tho' my head was broke and my shoulder lame, An' they sent me home in a cattle train, The day I played base ball.