The Blue Grays (single)

Just a bunch of guys from Elizabethton Tennessee
Too far back in the sticks for the Negro League
But from 35 to 55 the hottest team around
You couldn’t find a better show when the Blue Grays came to town

They played the Kansas City Monarchs and the Philadelphia Stars
The Asheville Blues the Nashville Cubs all comers near and far
Crack the bat climb the mound another perfect throw
Well they took on every rival but they also fought Jim Crow

Barnstorming Baseball all across the South
In the years of segregation until the final out

Travel wasn’t easy and mostly done at night
They didn’t know a different way but they knew it wasn’t right
They often stayed in churches in the colored neighborhood
The white teams wouldn’t play them cause the Blue Grays were too good

Barnstorming Baseball all across the South
In the years of segregation until the final out

Chick Forney and Big Red and all the other guys
The best that ever swung a bat along the color line
When Jackie finally broke it on the field of dreams
He was standing on the shoulders of every small town team

Barnstorming Baseball all across the South
In the years of segregation until the final out