The secret history of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”
Twenty Thousand Hertz
The Story of Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Jack Norworth wrote Take Me Out to the Ball Game in 1908. The song went viral, within months of its publication, three different recordings of it broke the top ten in the music charts. George Boswick believes Jack Norworth's Katie Casey had all the qualities of a modern woman and the song itself carried a feminist message. Not everyone agrees.
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