Camptown Races

Notation: legacy / show song
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Lyrics:


De Camptown ladies sing dis song
  Doo-dah! doo-dah!
De Camp-town race-track five miles long
  Oh! doo-dah day!
I come down dah wid my hat caved in
  Doo-dah! doo-dah!
I go back home wid a pocket full of tin
  Oh! doo-dah day!
Chorus:
  Gwine to run all night!
  Gwine to run all day!
  I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag,
  Somebody bet on de bay.

De long tail filly and de big black hoss
  Doo-dah! doo-dah!
Dey fly de track and dey both cut across
  Oh! doo-dah-day!
De 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!
Chorus

Old muley cow come on to de track
  Doo-dah! doo-dah!
De 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!
Chorus

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!
Chorus


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