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(with apologies to Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer)
AMERICA'S PAST TIME (June 23) —
I say, “Cancel the season.”
I don't wanna “Play ball!”
I love the game. (And, of course, the fame.)
But I'm too young to die and after all
I’ve got a guaranteed contract
so I get paid all the same.
But if I get sick and I die,
that’s the whole ball game.