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Old October 22nd 03, 11:46 PM
Mary Shafer
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:06:03 -0400, Bob McKellar
wrote:


Depending on venue, most people think the last line of the National Anthem is
either

"Play Ball!"


My mother says that when I went off to school at first, I came home
one day to report that we sang the song from all the football and
basketball games. It took very little questioning to discover that I,
good little daughter of a football and basketball coach, had actually
learned the words at the games. Apparently I was surprised that the
song was sung elsewhere....

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer