Havertown's Christopher Laffey pens a Phillies anthem

Laffey sang his song for some Nashville pals, including big-time singer/producer Kimo Forrest, who got it recorded by his group, Cash Creek. It’s available on iTunes (and you can check it out on YouTube by clicking here). The "Hey! Hey! Hey!" chorus — including the lyric "Harry Kalas screaming, ‘That ball’s OUTTA here!’?" — is the hook that Laffey hopes will persuade the Phillies to play his song at Citizens Bank Park.

This spring, Laffey’s song made its way to Ellen and Kerwin Leh, a guide and a bus driver, respectively, for Perkiomen Tours in Montgomery County, who take Phillies fans on 10-day trips to spring training. On March 12, a few minutes before they pulled into Bradenton, Fla., for a Phillies-Pirates game, Ellen — a lifelong fan who went to the 1980 and 2008 World Series — played "Love Our Fightin’ Phillies."

"People went crazy!" Ellen said. "All 51 passengers were cheering. The Phils won. I played the song on the trip back to the hotel. The next day, on our way to Kissimmee to play the Astros, all of our passengers, from 45 to 85 years old, were singing along, clapping their hands, shouting ‘Woohoo!’ Oh my gosh, it was wild!"

Laffey said: "When I heard that every single Phillies fan on the bus was singing my song word-for-word — well, that’s why I write, to touch people. That’s my dream. So my dream is coming true."

Contact Dan Geringer at geringd@phillynews.com.