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Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Mudville—Mighty Casey has struck
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Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863–1940), U.S. poet. Casey at the Bat (l. 49–52). . .
Best Loved Poems of the American People, The. Hazel Felleman, ed. (1936) Doubleday & Company.
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