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Summary
DescriptionMeekerBallGame.ogg
English: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is an early-20th century
waltz song composed by
Albert Von Tilzer, which became the unofficial anthem of baseball. This version was sung by
Edward Meeker on an
Edison Records phonograph cylinder in 1908, and was one of the earliest performances of the work. In 2011 this recording was preserved by the
Library of Congress’s
National Recording Registry.
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Take me out to the ball game, sung by Edwin Meeker, recorded by Edison Records
{{Information |Description ={{en|1="Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is an early-20th century song which became the unofficial anthem of baseball. This version was sung by Edward Meeker on a phonograph in 1908, and is the first ever recording of the song.
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