The lyric from “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is “Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack!”
Cracker Jack is a caramel-coated popcorn and peanut snack that became closely associated with baseball. Its name and slogan were registered in 1896, and the product’s appearance in the song helped give it lasting visibility in American popular culture.
“Take Me Out to the Ball Game” was published in 1908 as a waltz by lyricist Jack Norworth and composer Albert Von Tilzer. Although neither had attended a baseball game before writing it, the song became an unofficial anthem of North American baseball and is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch.
The full song tells a story about a woman named Katie Casey—or Nelly in later versions—who asks to be taken to a baseball game. Most audiences know only the chorus. A common mistake is treating “Cracker Jack” as two ordinary words; in this lyric it is the snack brand’s proper name.