Come On Play Ball With Me Dearie 1909 'Follies of 1909'

James Pitt-Payne, LOnodn UK - 25 Oct 2004

Sweet Mamie Magee was a young coryphee
and she danced in the chorus by night;
but Mamie by day was a fan in her way,
for a ball game was Mamie's delight.
She'd root through a game
and then send in her name
and invite them all down to her show;
she'd sing to the nine
that could buy the most wine
this refrain in a shrill tremolo.

Come on play ball with me dearie,
I'll catch "whatever you throw,"
I know lots of places
where we can "run bases"
if only you'll wait for me after the show.
We won't "run home" till you're weary
you'll like my "curves," never fear,
my heart is on fire,
when Cupid's Umpire,
come on, come on,
play ball with me dear.

Come on play ball with me dearie,
I'll catch "whatever you throw,"
I know lots of places
where we can "run bases"
if only you'll wait for me after the show.
We won't "run home" till you're weary
you'll like my "curves," never fear,
my heart is on fire,
when Cupid's Umpire,
come on, come on,
play ball with me dear.

Sweet Mamie Magee was astonished to see
how the other dames followed her plan;
the swell chorus misses
for baseballs threw kisses.
Till Mamie could not land a man.
Said she: "That's a woman,
they act almost human
when they try to crush a poor dame;
if they get much gayer
I'll win a ball player
if I have to holler his name."

Come on play ball with me dearie,
I'll catch "whatever you throw,"
I know lots of places
where we can "run bases"
if only you'll wait for me after the show.
We won't "run home" till you're weary
you'll like my "curves," never fear,
my heart is on fire,
when Cupid's Umpire,
come on, come on,
play ball with me dear.

Come on play ball with me dearie,
I'll catch "whatever you throw,"
I know lots of places
where we can "run bases"
if only you'll wait for me after the show.
We won't "run home" till you're weary
you'll like my "curves," never fear,
my heart is on fire,
when Cupid's Umpire,
come on, come on,
play ball with me dear.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Come On Play Ball With Me Dearie 1909
Music by Gus. Edwards
Lyric by Ed. Madden
As Sung in F. Ziegfeld Jr.'s Annual Summer Review
"Follies of 1909"
© MCMIX by Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 25 October 2004 at 16.27
in association with Doug Grierson
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