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by Ernest Hemmingway (1899 - 1961)

The Opening Game
Language: English 
With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
   Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard.
Then up comes Schulte to the bat,
   On the plate his bat does rap;
Takes a slug at that old ball,
   Makes it clear the right field wall.
Then in comes Chance and in comes Evers,
   Such hits are seldom seen -- most never.
Then to the bat comes Zim in haste,
   He sure knows how the ball to paste.
He slams that ball upon the Bean,
   Almost seems to make it scream.
The center fielder nabs the ball;
   It seems as if t'would make him fall.
But stop this rank stuff,
   Just one inning is enough.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ernest Hemmingway (1899 - 1961), from the Oak Park Journal, first published 1912 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The Opening Game", 2008 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 113

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