Modified lightly from the words as presented at https://baseballsheetmusic.omeka.net/items/show/18

THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME
(Don Raye, Gene de Paul)

"My sermon today," said the Reverend Jones, "is baseball and whence it came.
If you take the good book, and you take a good look you will find the first baseball game

It says, Eve stole to first and Adam second
Solomon umpired the game
Rebecca went to the well with the pitcher
And Ruth in the field made a name

Goliath was struck out David
A base hit made on Abel by Cain
And the prodigal son made a great home run
Brother Noah game checks out for rain

Now Old Saint Pete was checking errors
Also had charge of the gate
Salome sacrificed Big John the Baptist
Who wound up ahead on the plate

Delilah was pitching to Samson
When he brought down the houses with a clout
And the Angels that day made a double play
That's when Adam and Eve were thrown out

Now Jonah whaled and went down swinging
Later he popped up again
A 'lion' drive by old Nebuchadnezzar
Made Daniel warm up in the pen

Satan was pitching that apple
It looked as though he might fan 'em all
But then Joshua let go with a mighty blow
And he blasted one right at the wall

Shouting "Come along and let's play ball"