<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
when was take me out to the ballgame first sung
when was take me out to the ballgame first sung
1934
1934