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Walter Johnson
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Oh I'm a going to tell you if you don't know,
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Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum.
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About a great ball player from a long time ago.
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Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum.
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Who's a hero to me I ain't putting you on son.
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Cause I'm now going to tell the story of baseball's great
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Walter Johnson.
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And all through baseball he was loved and respected,
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Well bitterness in Walter Johnson it was never detected.
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Well now when pitchers throw their pitch to scare,
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They actually try to almost hit that opposing player.
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Doo da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo da doo.
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Walter Johnson wouldn't do that not even just a little.
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He made sure he through the baseball right down the middle.
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And all through baseball he was loved and respected.
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Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson well it was never
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detected.
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Now he pitched for the Washington Senators back in 1924,
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Now, 1906,
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Now look when the Washington 9 was inclined to win,
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Cause Walter Johnson would actually ease up a little on the
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opposition.
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That's right.
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Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum.
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Now the other team mates they simply didn't get it,
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They said "Walter how come you let him hit it?"
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Now Walter just told them with his gentle smile,
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"Boys, This game isn't any fun if you don't get a hit once in a
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while."
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And all through baseball he was loved and respected.
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Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson, well it was never
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detected.
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Now a record's just a record a book is just a book.
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Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum.
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This Walter Johnson that I speak of never so much as gave the
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opposing team a dirty look.
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Bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum ba bum.
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And a season's just a season and a game is supposed to be just a
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game.
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Walter Johnson cared about people more than he cared about fame.
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So all through baseball he was loved and respected.
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Ah bitterness in Walter Johnson well it was never detected.
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HOO.
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Walter Johnson
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| Jonathan Richman |
