Hvornår blev jeg ført ud til boldspelet først sunget?
1934
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Jack Norworth blev inspireret af et skilt, hvor der stod "Baseball Today - Polo Grounds", mens han kørte i et metrotog. I sangen ringer Katies kæreste for at invitere hende ud til en forestilling. Hun accepterer daten, men kun hvis hendes date vil tage hende med ud til baseballkampen. Teksten er sat til musik af Albert Von Tilzer. (Norworth og Von Tilzer så endelig deres første Major League Baseballkampe henholdsvis 32 og 20 år senere). Sangen blev først sunget af Norworths daværende hustru Nora Bayes og populariseret af mange andre vaudeville-numre. Den blev spillet på en boldbane for første kendte gang i 1934, ved en gymnasiekamp i Los Angeles; den blev spillet senere samme år under den fjerde kamp i World Series 1934.
1934
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Jack Norworth, while riding a subway train, was inspired by a sign that said "Baseball Today – Polo Grounds". In the song, Katie's beau calls to ask her out to see a show. She accepts the date, but only if her date will take her out to the baseball game. The words were set to music by Albert Von Tilzer. (Norworth and Von Tilzer finally saw their first Major League Baseball games 32 and 20 years later, respectively.) The song was first sung by Norworth's then-wife Nora Bayes and popularized by many other vaudeville acts. It was played at a ballpark for the first known time in 1934, at a high-school game in Los Angeles; it was played later that year during the fourth game of the 1934 World Series.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game