Here we have the basic melody as arranged for Diatonically Fretted One-String Canjos as well as the lyrics for the most well-known portion of the song.
0 8 5 4 2 4 1
Take Me out to the ball game
0 8 5 4 2 4
Take me out with the crowd
5 4 5 2 3 4 5 3 1
Buy me some peanuts and crack-er-jacks
5 5 5 7 8 9 7 5 4
I don’t care if I ne-ver get back
2 1 0 8 5 4 2 4 1
So It’s Root, Root, Root for the home team
1 0 1 2 3 4 5
If they don’t win it’s a shame
5 7 8 8 8 7 5 4
For It’s one, two, three strikes you’re out
2 4 5 7 8
At The Old Ball Game
“The Wearing of the Green” is an old street ballad that originated in Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1796.
The melody has been used in many different songs and ballads over the years, and can be adapted as easily as swapping out the lyrics, making this a versatile song to have in your songbook.
Examples include: “The Rising of the Moon” and “The Orange and the Green” but there are many others.
0 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 1 1 2 1
O - Paddy dear, and did you hear the news that's going round?
4 5 3 8 7 5 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
The Shamrock is forbid, by laws, to grow on I-rish ground!
0 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 1 1 2 1
N-o more St. Patrick's day we'll keep his co-lor last be seen;
4 5 3 8 7 5 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
For, there's a bloody law a-gainst the Wearing of the Green!
