A Tris Speaker Sing-along

“(They Call Me) Tris Speaker”

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I’ve clubbed them for pairs
I’ve slugged the most doubles
I’ve hit almost as many
As stars seen by Edwin Hubble

They call me Tris Speaker

I’ve been roundin' first so spry

I won’t get the fame that I’m after

’cause of a guy named Ty

I asked Stengel, Charles Dillon

Who was Speaker’s equal?

He perfessor’ed back to me

There was only one Gray Eagle

They call me Tris Speaker

I’ve been roundin’ first so spry

I won’t get the fame that I’m after

’til the Hall opens in ’39

People tend to rate me

In the middle of the pile

As I ransack their fields

And ruin pennant plans

Focusing on home runs

Not the records I’ve compiled

I’ve got more doubles

Than Rose, Cobb, and The Man

I won’t get the fame that I’m after

’cause of a guy named Ty

I learned how to cut down base runners

In assists, no one’s within a hundred seventy-five

I was happy in Boston, even more in Cleveland

I’m most valuable in socks of red, blue, or argyle

You’re lookin’ at me

I’m lookin’ for two

Once you pitch that ball

There ain’t nothin’ you can do

They call me Tris Speaker

I’ve been roundin’ first so spry

I won’t get the fame that I’m after

’til the Hall opens in ’39

I won’t get the fame that I’m after

’til the Hall opens in ’39