PARODY-LYRICS
MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" 1908, Norworth and von Tilzer, as performed by Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, spoofed by Victor Borge.
PARODY COMPOSED: Dr.G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, September 2013.
EXPLANATION: The second verse invokes the sort of patron with whom you sometimes have to share the cheap-seats-section of your local ballpark. This variation on the baseball-park anthem is modified in following verses by the 'traditional' earlier start of lyrics versus music (“Borge-positive version”); the less well-known opposite distortion (“Borge-negative version”) is also shown. If you just want to look at the lyrics without the chord indications, you can review those in a near-simultaneous post on our blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" HERE.
Performing Notes
F#7 = 3424; Cm =0333. The rest of the chords are pretty easy. What is tough is getting the cadence right for the lyric-tune-separation versions. You'll probably need to practice those a few times, if you want to perform this as a gig at your local ballpark, bar, or elsewhere!
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