The First Baseball Game chords by Nat King Cole, Ralph Carmichael
Verse 1
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My sermon today,
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said the Reverend Jones,
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is baseball and whence it came.
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If you take the good book
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and you take a good look,
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you will find the first baseball game.
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It says Eve stole first and
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Adam second,
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Solomon umpired the game,
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Rebecca went to the well with the pitcher,
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and Ruth in the field
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made a name,
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Goliath was struck out by David,
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The base had made on Abel by Cain
And the prodigal son
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made a great home run
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Brother Noah gave checks out for rain
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Now old Saint Pete was
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checking errors
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Also had charge of the gate
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Solomon may sacrifice big
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John the Baptist who wound
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up a head on the plate
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Delilah was pitching to Samson
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when he brought down the
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house with a clout
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and the angels that day
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made a double play
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that's when Adam and Eve
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were thrown out now
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Jonah wailed and went down swinging
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Later he popped up again
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A line drive by old Nebuchadnezzar
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Made Daniel warm up in
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the pen
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Satan was pitching that apple
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It looked as though he
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might fan them all
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But then Joshua let go with a mighty blow
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And he blasted one right at the wall
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Shoutin' come along
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and let's play ball
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The First Baseball Game
Nat King Cole, Ralph Carmichael
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