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When               I               first               think               of               sports               songs,               with               one               notable               exception,               the               ones               that               come               to               mind               are               college               football               songs.

They               will               have               some               representation               in               this               list,               to               be               sure,               but               I               have               tried               to               draw               from               as               wide               a               field               of               athletics               as               possible.

And,               believe               me,               it               is               not               possible               to               find               that               wide               a               field.

How               many               songs               do               you               know               about               golf?

Or               lacrosse?

Or               bowling?

If               you               know               any,               you               are               way               ahead               of               me.

The               songs               I               selected               are               a               variegated               lot,               and               very               few               of               them               are               typically               sung               by               cheering               fans,               though               some               are.

Let               me               list               my               top               ten,               along               with               the               sports               they               represent,               in               reverse               order               of               preference,               with               the               last               being               my               favorite...and               possibly               yours               too.
               10.

Captain               Lou,               by               NRBQ               (and               Lou               Albano),               1986               (wrestling)
               I               like               this               song               just               because               it               is               so               outrageous,               and               adding               the               actual               title               character               into               the               mix               makes               it               even               more               so.

"Captain"               Lou               Albano               was               a               wrestler,               manager               and               promoter               who               personified               the               cheap               glitz               and               smack-talk               that               characterizes               what               we               laughingly               refer               to               as               professional               wrestling               today.

And,               while               that               stuff               has               surely               become               old               hat,               Albano               was               somewhat               a               novelty               in               his               time.
               NRBQ               (which               stands               for               New               Rhythm               and               Blues               Quartet)               has               been               a               talented               and               versatile               band               since               1967.

While               few               of               their               songs               got               very               high               on               the               charts,               "Captain               Lou"               certainly               caught               peoples'               attention.
               9.

Notre               Dame               Victory               March,               by               Michael               and               John               Shea,               1908               (college               football)
               These               two               brothers               were               recent               graduates               of               the               university               and               gave               it               a               legacy               far               more               valuable               than               whatever               money               they               could               have               afforded.

You               may               think               it               so               typical               of               a               college               football               fight               song               and,               therefore               a               total               cliché,               but               it               was               these               brothers               who               first               set               the               standard.

What               came               after               were               the               clichés.

The               music               is               rousing               and               the               words               are,               in               many               instances,               nothing               short               of               poetic.

If               you               have               to               pick               only               one               serious               college               football               song-and               I               did-The               Notre               Dame               Victory               March               is               it.
               There               is               a               satire               of               this               song               extant               (whose               author               I               was               unable               to               track               down),               that               starts               out:
               Cheer,               cheer               for               old               Notre               Dame.


               You               take               the               Notre,               I'll               take               the               dame.


               Send               a               freshman               out               for               gin;               
               Don't               let               a               sober               soph'more               in.
               8.

You               Can't               Get               a               Man               With               a               Gun,               from               Annie               Get               Your               Gun,               1945               (shooting)
               This               is               one               of               the               most               fun               songs               from               Irving               Berlin's               greatest               Broadway               musical,               in               which               the               title               character,               Annie               Oakley,               laments               the               little               good               her               skill               as               a               target               shooter               has               brought               her               in               matters               that               really               count.

Of               course,               the               song               takes               place               early               in               the               show,               because               she               does               get               her               man,               with               or               without               a               gun.
               I               had               the               pleasure               of               performing               in               this               show               in               1997,               where               I               had               the               part               of               Pawnee               Bill,               a               scheming               low-life               who               spends               most               of               the               show               making               things               difficult               for               Annie               and               her               friends.

Just               the               kind               of               role               I               love.
               7.

Run               for               the               Roses,               by               Dan               Fogelberg,               1981               (horse               racing)
               I               do               not               consider               this               the               best               song               on               the               list,               but               it               may               well               be               the               most               beautiful               one.

It               is               also               one               of               the               best               songs               that               Fogelberg               ever               wrote.

The               "roses,"               of               course               are               the               emblem               of               victory               in               the               Kentucky               Derby.

Come,               listen.
               6.

Song               for               Sonny               Liston,               by               Mark               Knopfler,               2004               (boxing)
               I               do               not               like               to               overlap               in               these               lists,               but,               as               I               do               more               of               them,               it               becomes               almost               inevitable               that               I               will.

This               song               is               an               example.

I               listed               it               in               my               article               on               Mark               Knopfler's               greatest               songs.

The               song               came               from               his               2004               solo               album,               Shangri-la.
               Rather               than               paint               the               lily,               let               me               recommend               you               check               out               the               article.

The               Liston               song               is               my               #9               choice.

Or,               you               could               check               out               the               song               at               the               end               of               this               article.
               In               the               alternate               chorus,               Knopfler               sings               "Beware,               the               Bear's               in               town.

Somebody[s]               money               say               the               Bear               goin'               down."               That               was               a               reference               to               his               rematch               with               Mohammed               Ali,               who               had               earlier               given               Liston               the               nickname               of               "the               Bear,"               in               which               Liston               went               down               like               a               shot               early               in               the               first               round               in               a               very               suspicious               knockout.
               Sonny               Liston               was               a               crude               and               ill-educated               man,               but               in               1962,               he               said,               "Some               day,               they're               gonna               write               a               blues               for               fighters.

It'll               just               be               for               slow               guitar,               soft               trumpet               and               a               bell."
               5.

Centerfield,               by               John               Fogerty,               1985               (baseball)
               This               may               qualify               as               the               liveliest               song               on               my               list               and               one               of               the               liveliest               of               the               1980s.

Like               the               other               baseball               songs               in               this               article,               "Centerfield"               is               just               plain               fun,               from               the               rousing               guitar               introduction,               to               the               finish.

This               song               alone               made               Fogerty's               break               from               CCR               worthwhile.
               4.

Fight               Fiercely,               Harvard,               by               Tom               Lehrer,               1945               (college               football...sort               of)
               What               I               said               about               overlapping               almost               applied               here               as               well.

In               the               article               about               My               Top               Ten               Tom               Lehrer               Songs,               this               song               came               within               a               hair's               breadth               (or               "a               hare's               breath"               as               a               former               boss               of               mine               would               say)               of               making               the               list.

Even               as               early               as               1945,               Harvard               had               long               ceased               to               be               a               power               in               the               world               of               college               football.

People               believe               that               Lehrer,               a               professor               of               mathematics               there,               got               fired               for               recording               "Fight               Fiercely,               Harvard,"               but               that               really               had               nothing               to               do               with               his               switch               across               town               to               M.I.T.
               Silly               as               it               is,               this               song               speaks               for               all               those               college               athletes               who               are               football               players,               rather               than               football               workers.
               3.

Stewball,               traditional               (horse               racing)
               What               is               it               about               horse               racing               that               seems               to               inspire               the               most               beautiful               melodies?

If               the               Fogelberg               song               I               listed               earlier               has               the               most               wonderful               melody               of               the               songs               on               my               list,               then               "Stewball"               surely               ranks               second.
               As               a               traditional               folk               song               that               dates               back               to               the               eighteenth               century,               there               are               a               number               of               variations               on               the               lyrics.

The               one               I               linked               to,               by               Joan               Baez,               is               probably               the               best               one               you               will               find               around.

It               is               from               her               Joan               Baez/5               album.

Come               to               think               of               it,               I               believe               I               mentioned               another               song               from               that               album,               "I               Still               Miss               Someone"               in               an               earlier               article               about               my               Top               20               Break-up               Songs.

Gosh,               maybe               you               should               think               about               getting               the               album.

It               is               probably               the               best               one               Baez               ever               recorded.
               The               Hollies,               as               well               as               Peter,               Paul               and               Mary,               put               out               a               very               different               set               of               lyrics               to               the               same               traditional               tune.

Those               lyrics               were               written               by               folksinger               Bob               Yellin               and,               in               my               opinion,               are               not               all               that               good.

Then               too,               Thomas               Lane               put               out               a               highly               excellent               set               of               lyrics,               but               we'll               get               to               that               in               a               moment.
               The               story               is               about               an               underdog               racehorse-not               necessarily               named               "Stewball"-who               won               a               high-stakes               race               sometime               in               the               late               eighteenth               century,               in               Ireland.

The               reason               I               call               the               name               of               the               horse               into               question               is               that               it               is               derived               from               "skewbald,"               which               is               a               description,               not               a               name.

A               horse               that               is               piebald               has               white               coloring               with               splotches               of               black               (or               the               other               way               around).

A               white               horse               with               splotches               of               any               other               color               (typically               brown)               was               and               is               called               skewbald.
               In               my               upcoming               book,               Shaggy               Dogs:               A               Collection               of               Not-So-Short               Stories,               I               have               occasion               to               use               my               lyrics               to               this               song               in               one               of               those               stories.

Please,               do               me               the               favor               of               going               to               the               song's               link               and               listening               to               Joan               Baez               sing               the               song               first.

Then,               taking               copious               and               abundant               notes               all               the               while,               compare               and               contrast               it               with               these               lyrics,               reprinted               with               my               expressed               written               permission:
               Stewball               was               a               horse,               now,               
               For               he               was               not               a               cow.


               And               he               never               was               meant               to               
               Be               pulling               a               plow.
               Well,               I               raced               him               in               Italy               
               And               in               Afghanistan.


               Though               I               did               not               win               diddly,               
               I               got               a               good               tan.
               So               go               and               bet               against               Stewball,               
               All               you               gamblers               so               brash.


               You'll               find               it's               a               new               ball-               
               game               when               you've               lost               your               cash.
               You               can               bet               that               bay               filly               
               Or               the               dapple-gray               mare.


               If               you               want               to               get               silly,               
               Bet               the               big               dancing               bear.
               But               if               it's               money               you're               hot               on               
               The               trail               of               at               all,               
               Then               put               all               you've               got               on               
               The               nose               of               Stewball.
               I               have               also               sung               my               version               of               the               song               at               various               piano               bars,               to               the               puzzlement               of               one               and               all.
               2.

Heart,               from               the               musical,               Damn               Yankees,               1955               (baseball)
               People               tend               to               think               the               title               of               this               song,               written               by               Richard               Adler               and               Jerry               Ross,               is               the               same               as               the               first               line:               "You've               Gotta               Have               Heart,"               but               it               is               not.
               This               song               comes               early               on               in               the               show,               when               the               downtrodden               Washington               Senators'               manager               is               trying               to               give               his               inept               players               a               pep               talk               and               then,               not-so-inexplicably,               considering               they're               actually               on               a               Broadway               stage,               breaks               into               song.

It               is               a               wonderful               sports               song               that               works               on               two               levels.

First               it               hilariously               points               out               how               bad               the               team               is,               but,               second               and               more               importantly,               sends               the               universal               message               of               all               athletic               competition               in               whatever               sport:               You've               Gotta               Have               Heart.
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Take               Me               Out               to               the               Ball               Game,               Norworth               and               Von               Tilzer,               1908               (baseball)
               This               is               the               one               exception               I               alluded               to               at               the               beginning               of               the               article,               when               I               said               that               my               first               thought               about               sports               songs               brings               to               mind               college               football.

Who               does               not               know               and               love               this               song?

Actually,               most               of               you               know               the               chorus.

There               are               verses,               too,               you               know.

I               have               seen               two               different               sets               of               lyrics               for               the               verses,               both               of               which               involve               Irish               girls:               Katie               Casey               or               Nellie               Kelly.

At               the               time               this               song               was               written,               baseball               was               played               and               enjoyed               by               Irish               Americans               more               than               any               other               ethnic               group.
               The               link               I               chose               to               present               this               song               is               a               rather               tinny               recording               by               a               gentleman               who               will               never               be               confused               for               Placido               Domingo,               but               it               was               the               only               one               that               provided               both               chorus               and               verse               for               "Take               Me               Out               to               The               Ball               Game"
               Besides               being               my               favorite               sports               song,               it               is               one               of               the               ones               I               like               to               air               out               in               the               piano               bar.

In               my               version,               I               give               both               Katie               and               Nellie               a               turn               "at               bat."
               And               there               you               have               my               top               ten               sports               songs.

Some               are               fun               to               sing,               and               all               are               a               pleasure               to               hear.

I               hope               you               enjoy               them               as               well.
               Sources
               YouTube
               Wikipedia
               numachi.com
               oldielyrics.com
               Shaggy               Dogs:               A               Collection               of               Not-So-Short               Stories






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