Lyrics What a Game - Mark Jacoby feat. Ragtime Ensemble & Alex Strange
You'll
like
baseball
It's
a
civilized
pastime
In
a
world
gone
mad,
there
is
comfort
to
be
had
In
the
game
Father
played
at
school
Men
of
class,
competing
on
the
grass
Where
sportsmanship
and
fellowship
And
courtesy
Are
the
rule
PLAY
BALL!
Ain't
this
the
kinda
weather
For
smackin'
leather
For
playin'
baseball
The
kind
of
weather
makes
a
man
Hit
like
hell!
Let's
go,
you
sons
o'
bitches!
Let's
see
some
pitches!
Let's
play
some
baseball
The
Kraut
is
strikin'
out
again!
Schmidt,
ya
smell!
The
Giants
haven't
got
a
prayer
Iron
underwear!
Up
your
alley!
Go
back
to
where
your
mother
once
came!
Hit
that
ball!
(Run,
you
bastard!)
Hit
that
ball!
(Kill
the
Kraut!)
What
a
game!
Hey,
Schnabel,
take
your
head
outta
your
ass!
I
guess
that's
tellin'
him,
huh?
Hey,
Schnabel,
take
your
head—!
At
Harvard
We
were
gentlemen
Men
were
gentlemen
So's
your
sister!
We
called
each
other
mister,
and—
Doyle,
ya
suck!
Don't
listen!
Our
games
were
very
quiet
We'd
never
riot,
we'd—
Eat
that
baseball!
The
worst
we
ever
said
would
be—
Run,
ya
schmuck!
Don't
listen!
Now
here's
this
noisy
rabble,
this
foreign
babble,
who
let
this
happen?
There's
hardly
one
American
name!
Yah,
Herzog!
Hit
that
ball!
(Stupid
Polack!)
Hit
that
ball!
(Kill
the
Kike!)
What
a
game!
It's
Braves
and
Giants
two-to-two
The
pitcher's
name
is
Hub
Purdue
Jack
Murray's
now
up
at
bat!
My
God,
would
somebody
look
at
that!
Ain't
this
the
kind
of
weather
To
get
together
and—
(Bash
his
teeth
in!)
The
kind
of
weather
makes
a
man
hit
like
hell!
A
fine,
uplifting
atmosphere
Bring
your
children
here
Teach
them
baseball
The
game
all
true
Americans
do
Damn
well!
It's
like
the
constitution
The
institution
Of
dear
old
baseball
Where
every
man
is
treated
the
same!
Kill
that
Mick!
(Run,
you
Polack!)
Strike
that
Kike!
(Kill
the
Kraut!)
What
a
What
a
What
a—
Up
your
alley!
Edgar!
Game!
1 Prologue: Ragtime
2 Goodbye, My Love
3 Journey On
4 The Crime of the Century
5 What Kind of Woman
6 A Shtetl Iz Amereke
7 Success
8 His Name Was Coalhouse Walker
9 Gettin' Ready Rag
10 Henry Ford
11 Nothing Like the City
12 Your Daddy's Son
13 The Courtship
14 New Music
15 Wheels of a Dream
16 The Night that Goldman Spoke at Union Square
17 Gliding
18 The Trashing of the Car
19 Justice
20 President
21 Till We Reach That Day
22 Entr'acte
23 Harry Houdini, Master Escapist
24 Coalhouse's Soliloquy
25 Coalhouse Demands
26 What a Game
27 Fire in the City
28 Atlantic City
29 Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.
30 Our Children
31 Harlem Nightclub
32 Sarah Brown Eyes
33 He Wanted to Say
34 Back to Before
35 Look What You've Done
36 Make Them Hear You
37 Epilogue: Ragtime (Reprise) / Wheels of a Dream (Reprise)
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