The long goodbye begins tonight.
The Phillies – and Philly fans – will bid farewell to the voice of the franchise, Harry Kalas.
The team has scheduled any number of special events tonight and tomorrow. They are wearing uniforms with a black patch over the heart with the white letters HK emblazoned on it.
Tomorrow morning, the gates of Citizens Bank Park will open at 8 a.m. to allow fans to pay their respects. Harry’s casket will be on the field behind home plate. It is expected that more than 100,000 people could pay homage to the voice that meant baseball in this town.
Tonight the team also is doing something very special. During the seventh inning stretch, they will show Kalas on the jumbotron singing his emblematic anthem, “High Hopes.” They are asking fans to join in.
To that end, here are the lyrics to the song.
This one’s for you, Harry.
Next time your found,
with your chin on the ground
There’s a lot to be learned, so look around
Just what makes that little old ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can’t
Move a rubber tree plant
But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes
He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your getting’ low
’stead of lettin’ go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant
When troubles call, and your back’s to the wall
There’s a lot to be learned, that wall could fall
Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he’d punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin’ that dam
cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your feelin’ bad
’stead of feelin’ sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam
All problems just a toy balloon
They’ll be bursted soon
They’re just bound to go pop
Oops there goes another problem, kerplop
The Phillies – and Philly fans – will bid farewell to the voice of the franchise, Harry Kalas.
The team has scheduled any number of special events tonight and tomorrow. They are wearing uniforms with a black patch over the heart with the white letters HK emblazoned on it.
Tomorrow morning, the gates of Citizens Bank Park will open at 8 a.m. to allow fans to pay their respects. Harry’s casket will be on the field behind home plate. It is expected that more than 100,000 people could pay homage to the voice that meant baseball in this town.
Tonight the team also is doing something very special. During the seventh inning stretch, they will show Kalas on the jumbotron singing his emblematic anthem, “High Hopes.” They are asking fans to join in.
To that end, here are the lyrics to the song.
This one’s for you, Harry.
Next time your found,
with your chin on the ground
There’s a lot to be learned, so look around
Just what makes that little old ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant, can’t
Move a rubber tree plant
But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes
He’s got high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your getting’ low
’stead of lettin’ go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant
When troubles call, and your back’s to the wall
There’s a lot to be learned, that wall could fall
Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he’d punch a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram, scram
He kept buttin’ that dam
cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your feelin’ bad
’stead of feelin’ sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam
All problems just a toy balloon
They’ll be bursted soon
They’re just bound to go pop
Oops there goes another problem, kerplop
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