Take Me Out to the Ball Game Lyrics

At every Major League Baseball game, the fans sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch. At the Twins games, they post the lyrics on the scoreboard. They also feature some fan(s) on the PA system singing along.

I noticed during tonight's game on TV that the fan sang, "For it's root, root, root for the home team." This is how many sing it, as have I in the past. The Twins scoreboard lyrics, however, read, "Let me root, root, root..."

So I got curious, and the scoreboard is right. I also learned that the song is actually the chorus to a full-length song penned in 1908. It's all here: Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

I also learned that it's "I don't care if I never get back," not "ever get back." That pleased me, although I don't remember if the Twins scoreboard has that one right.