Big Ball in Boston
Written by Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds and John Stewart
Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, John Stewart,Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, John Stewart

Comments: It's a catchy little tune, but I may be off a bit on lyrics and who sang what. I couldn't really tell by the recording... maybe I should get my ears checked!

Spoken by Bob Shane:
If we wanted to warm up on half of the material, we would've warmed up on sonatas. From the people in the Appalachian Mountains we've gotten the finest... population also some fine American folk songs. (Accented) We'd like to do a song right now, that didn't come from the Appalchian Mountains! (Giggles from Nick Reynolds) It ain't even a folk song! (Darn tootin'!) It's a real western ballad like "Sink the Bismark", "Cathy's Clown" or "Big John" which is a song about the men's room in the Waldorf Fastorious(?) He drank Drain-O that's why he looks so flushed... this song is a song about Boston. Eh... and it's called Big Ball in, Boston.

Well, there's a big ball in Boston,
big ball in town.
Big ball in Boston,
I'm gonna get on down.

The birthplace of our nation,
is Boston so they say.
They try to keep it as it was,
but it's changing ev'ry day.

We met a chap from Harvard,
very slim and pale.
The last time that we saw him,
he was dancing with a cat from Yale.

And just around from Harvard's
a campus you should see.
M-I-T-K-E-Y... M-O-U-S-E!

Well, there's a big ball in Boston,
big ball in town.
Big ball in Boston,
I'm gonna get on down.

The Red Coats they were comin',
their cloth was made of tweed.
Some say their shirts were button down
(The traditional Ivy League.)

Well, there's a big ball in Boston,
big ball in town.
Big ball in Boston,
I'm gonna get on down.

The folks who come from Boston
are said to be quite dated.
So whadda ya have to say, my friend?
Well, uh, Bobby and Teddy and I made it.

Well, there's a big ball in Boston,
big ball in town.
Big ball in Boston,
I'm gonna get on down.

Well, there's a big ball in Boston,
big ball in town.
Big ball in Boston,
I'm gonna get on down.