Bible Baseball Game, The

DESCRIPTION: "Adam stole first, and Eve stole second, St. Peter umpired the game; Rebeah went to the well with the pitcher, Ruth in the field won fame... And Noah gave out the checks for -- You know he gave out the checks for the rain
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: humorous Bible sports campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Harbin-Parodology, #37, p. 16, "The Bible Baseball Game" (1 text, tune referenced)
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 185, "The Biblical Baseball Game" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #12784
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Good Morning, Mr. Zip" (tunes, according to Harbin-Parodology)
NOTES [46 words]: The Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook and Harbin-Parodology, although they use most of the same gags, have quite a few different words, and it looks as if the verse form is also different, so there appears to have been some actual oral transmission involved. - RBW
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