Mike Moxcey ©2005

Camptown Races

by Stephen Foster

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1. Oh the (|) camptown ladies sing this song, (|) doo dah, doo dah.
(|) Camptown racetrack's five miles long, (|) all the doo dah day.

Chorus: (|) Going to run all night, (|) going to run all day.
(|) Bet my money on the bobtail nag, (|) somebody bet on the bay. (|)

2. Oh the long-tailed filly and the big black hoss ...
came to the mudhole and they both cut across ...

3. Went down south with my hat caved in,... I came back north with a pocket full of tin .

4. The blind hoss stuck in a big mudhole ... Can't touch bottom with a ten-foot pole ...

5. Old muley cow came on the track ... The bobtail fling her over her back ...

6. They fly along like a railroad car ... running a race with a shooting star ...

7. See them flying on a ten-mile heat ... Round the racetrack then repeat ...

8. I win my money on the bobtail nag ... I keep my money in an old totebag ...


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