| Well I’m a gonna tell you if you don’t know
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| About a great ball player from a long time ago
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| Whose a hero to me I ain’t puttin' you on son
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| Cause I’m now gonna tell a story of baseball’s great Walter Johnson
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| All through baseball he was loved and respected
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| Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson?
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| Well it was never detected
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| Well now, when pitchers throw their pitch to scare
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| They’ll actually tried to almost hit that opposing player
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| Do de do de do de do de do de do de do
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| Walter Johnson wouldn’t do that, not even just a little
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| He made sure he threw that 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?
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| Well it was never detected
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| Now (he pitched for the Washington Senators back in about 1924) now (1906)
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| Now look, when the Washington nine was a-goin to win
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| Walter would actually ease up a little on the opposition (that's right)
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| Now the other teamates 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 while.»
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| Now all through baseball he was loved and respected
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| Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson?
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| Well it was never detected
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| Now a record’s just a record in a book that’s just a book
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| This Walter Johnson, I speak of, never so much as gave the opposing team a
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| dirty look
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| And a season’s just a season in a game that was supposed to be just a 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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| Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson?
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| Well it was never detected |