Tessie

[Intro] "And the Boston Red Sox are the world champions! For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball's world championship! Can you believe it?" [Verse 1] Tessie is the Royal Rooters rally cry Tessie is the tune they always sung Tessie echoed April through October nights After serenading Stahl, Dinneen and Young [Verse 2] Tessie is a maiden with a sparkling eye Tessie is a maiden with a love She doesn’t know the meaning of her sight She’s got a common full of love [Verse 3] And sometimes when the game is on the line Tessie always carried them away Up the road from third base to Huntington The boys would always sing and sway [Chorus] Two, three, four Tessie, Nuf Ced McGreevey shouted We’re not here to mess around Boston you know we love you madly Hear the crowd roar to your sound Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you You know we couldn’t live without you Tessie, you are the only only only [Verse 4] The Rooters showed up at the grounds one day They found their seats had all been sold McGreevey led the charge into the park Stormed the gates and put the game on hold [Verse 5] The Rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright Boston’s tenth man could not be wrong Up from third base to Huntington They’d sing another victory song [Chorus] Two, three, four Tessie, Nuff Ced McGreevy shouted We’re not here to mess around Boston, you know we love you madly Hear the crowd roar to your sound Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you You know we couldn’t live without you Tessie, you are the only, only, only [Verse 5] The Rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright Boston’s tenth man could not be wrong Up from third base to Huntington They’d sing another victory song [Chorus] Two, three, four Tessie, Nuff Ced McGreevy shouted We’re not here to mess around Boston, you know we love you madly Hear the crowd roar to your sound Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you You know we couldn’t live without you Tessie, you are the only, only, only [Outro] Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you You know we couldn’t live without you Boston, you are the only only only Don’t blame us if we ever doubt you You know we couldn’t live without you Red Sox, you are the only only only