Camptown races
Stephen Collins Foster
1.
Camptown ladies sing this song,
Doo-dah! doo-dah!
Camptown race-track five miles long,
Oh, doo-dah day!
I come down dah with my hat caved in,
Doo-dah! doo-dah!
I go back home with a pocket
full of tin, Oh, doo-dah day!
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Gonna to run all night!
Gonna to run all day!
I'll bet my money on thee bob-tail nag,
Somebody bet on the bay.
2.
The long tail filly and de big black hoss,
Doo-dah! doo-dah!
They fly de track and they cut across,
Oh, doo-dah-day!
the blind hoss sticken in a big mud hole,
Doo-dah! doo-dah!
Can't touch bottom wid a ten foot pole,
Oh, doo-dah-day!
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3.
Old muley cow come on to de track,
Doo-dah! doo-dah!
The bob-tail fling her ober his back,
Oh, doo-dah-day!
Den fly along like a rail-road car,
Doo-dah! doo-dah!
Runnin' a race wid a shootin' star,
Oh, doo-dah-day!
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4.
See dem flyin' on a ten mile heat,
Doo-dah doo-dah!
Round de race track, den repeat,
Oh, doo-dah-day!
I win my money on de bob-tail nag,
Doo-dah! doo-dah!
I keep my money in an old tow-bag,
Oh, doo-dah-day!
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