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The smell of arnica is strong	A
And mother's time is spent	B
In rubbing father's arms and back	C
With burning liniment	B
The house is like a druggist's shop	D
Strong odors fill the hall	E
And day and night we hear him groan	F
Since father played baseball	E
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He's forty past but he declared	B
That he was young as ever	G
And in his youth he said he was	H
A baseball player clever	G
So when the business men arranged	B
A game they came to call	E
On dad and asked him if he thought	B
That he could play baseball	E
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'I haven't played in fifteen years	I
Said father 'but I know	J
That I can stop the grounders hot	B
And I can make the throw	J
I used to play a corking game	K
The curves I know them all	E
And you can count on me you bet	B
To join your game of ball '	-
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On Saturday the game was played	B
And all of us were there	L
Dad borrowed an old uniform	M
That Casey used to wear	L
He paid three dollars for a glove	N
Wore spikes to save a fall	E
He had the make up on all right	B
When father played baseball	E
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At second base they stationed him	O
A liner came his way	P
Dad tried to stop it with his knee	Q
And missed a double play	P
He threw into the bleachers twice	R
He let a pop fly fall	E
Oh we were all ashamed of him	O
When father played baseball	E
	-
He tried to run but tripped and fell	S
He tried to take a throw	J
It put three fingers out of joint	B
And father let it go	J
He stopped a grounder with his face	T
Was spiked nor was that all	E
It looked to us like suicide	B
When father played baseball	E
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At last he limped away and now	U
He suffers in disgrace	T
His arms are bathed in liniment	B
Court plaster hides his face	T
He says his back is breaking and	B
His legs won't move at all	E
It made a wreck of father when	V
He tried to play baseball	E
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The smell of arnica abounds	W
He hobbles with a cane	X
A row of blisters mar his hands	Y
He is in constant pain	X
But lame and weak as father is	Z
He swears he'll lick us all	E
If we dare even speak about	B
The day he played baseball	E

Edgar Albert Guest

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