Stephen C. Foster

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Gwine to Run All Night, or De Camptown Races

1 De Camptown ladies sing dis song -- [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah! 2 [Solo] De Camp-town race-track five miles long -- [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah day! 3 [Solo] I come down dah wid my hat caved in -- Doo-dah! doo-dah! 4 I go back home wid a pocket full of tin -- [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah day! 5 Gwine to run all night! 6 Gwine to run all day! 7 I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag -- 8 Somebody bet on de bay. 9 [Solo] De long tail filly and de big black hoss -- [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah! 10 [Solo] Dey fly de track and dey both cut across -- [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day! 11 [Solo] De blind hoss sticken in a big mud hole -- [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah! 12 [Solo] Can't touch bottom wid a ten foot pole -- [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day! 13 Gwine to run all night! 14 Gwine to run all day! 15 I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag -- 16 Somebody bet on de bay. 17 [Solo] Old muley cow come on to de track -- [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah! 18 [Solo] De bob-tail fling her ober his back -- [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day! 19 [Solo] Den fly along like a rail-road car -- [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah! 20 [Solo] Runnin' a race wid a shootin' star -- [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day! 21 Gwine to run all night! 22 Gwine to run all day! 23 I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag -- 24 Somebody bet on de bay. 25 See dem flyin' on a ten mile heat -- [Chorus] Doo-dah doo-dah! 26 Round de race track, den repeat -- [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day! 27 I win my money on de bob-tail nag -- [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah! 28 I keep my money in an old tow-bag -- [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day! 29 Gwine to run all night! 30 Gwine to run all day! 31 I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag -- 32 Somebody bet on de bay.