ED DELAHANTY
THE WATERS OF
STRANGE PLACE FOR A MAN WHO TREATED LIFE LIKE A LARK
DID HE JUMP FROM THE BRIDGE? MORE LIKELY HE FELL
THAT WAS THE END OF THE ONE AND ONLY
CHORUS
ED DELAHANTY OH HOW HE PLAYED THE GAME
LIKE TED WILLIAMS HE’S IN THE HALL OF FAME
LIFETIME AVERAGE HIGHER THAN THE KID
ED DELAHANTY DID THINGS NOBODY DID
ED WHO YOU MIGHT SAY? WHEN DID HE PLAY?
IN THE DEAD BALL ERA HE’S HARDLY KNOWN TODAY
ONE OF FIVE BROTHERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BALL
ED COULD HIT AND FIELD, STEAL HE HAD IT ALL
HE DRANK, AND HE GAMBLED SUFFERED MENTAL FATIGUE
ED BECAME THE BATTING CHAMP IN EACH LEAGUE
OF ALL THE BALLPLAYERS HE IS ALONE ON THAT SCORE
THREE TIMES HE HIT FOUR HUNDRED OR MORE.
REPEAT CHORUS
ED SMASHED FOUR HOMERS ALL IN ONE GAME
THIS DEAD BALL ERA FEAT BROUGHT HIM FAME.
HALL OF FAMER NAP LAJOIE GAVE HIM HIGH PRAISE
THE GREATEST NATURAL HITTER OF HIS AGE
JOHN MCGRAW CALLED ED THE BABE RUTH OF HIS DAY
HE’S BASEBALL’S ATLAS CONNIE MACK HAD TO SAY
TWICE HE GOT UP SIX TIMES GOT SIX HITS
THIS RECORD STILL STANDS HE GAVE PITCHERS FITS
REPEAT CHORUS
ED ONCE SPLIT A BALL WITH A MIGHTY SWING
HIS LINE DRIVE WAS A TRULY FEARSOME THING
JOE DIMAGGIO WAS THE SPITTING IMAGE OF
BILL DINNEEN SAID. HE KNEW JOE AND
THE DEAD BALL ERA WAS BASEBALL’S WILD WEST
DESPITE HIS DEMONS DELAHANTY WAS THE BEST
REPEAT LAST TWO LINES SEVERAL TIMES AND FADE.
Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter and copyright owner 2007 King of the Road Music BMI