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| − | '''"Camptown Races"''' is an American | + | '''"Camptown Races"''', also called '''"Gwine to Run All Night"'''<ref name="poet">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44254</ref> is an American popular song by [[Stephen Foster]], written in the 19th century.<ref>Blood, Peter, and Annie Patterson. ''Rise Up Singing''.</ref> It is a minstrel song, and many have accused it of being racist and mocking the accent of the Southern black.<ref name="song">http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=13639</ref> It is true that in the lyrics, there is spelling mimicking the pronunciation of a southern black, but this was common in songs of the time which were meant to be sung by men in blackface.<ref name="song" /> The song itself is about gambling on a horse race. It became a theme for the Looney Tunes character Foghorn Leghorn, who often hums the song while adding in "Doo-dah! Doo-dah!" while he makes mischief in the farmyard. |
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| + | De Camptown ladies sing dis song—Doo-dah! doo-dah! <br>De Camp-town race-track five miles long—Oh! doo-dah day! <br>I come down dah wid my hat caved in—Doo-dah! doo-dah! <br>I go back home wid a pocket full of tin—Oh! doo-dah day! | ||
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| + | Gwine to run all night!<br>Gwine to run all day!<br>I’ll bet my money on de bob-tail nag—<br>Somebody bet on de bay. | ||
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| + | De long tail filly and de big black hoss—Doo-dah! doo-dah!<br>Dey fly de track and dey both cut across—Oh! doo-dah-day!<br>De blind hoss sticken in a big mud hole—Doo-dah! doo-dah!<br>Can’t touch bottom wid a ten foot pole—Oh! doo-dah-day! | ||
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| + | Gwine to run all night!<br>Gwine to run all day!<br>I’ll bet my money on de bob-tail nag—<br>Somebody bet on de bay. | ||
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| + | Old muley cow come on to de track—Doo-dah! doo-dah!<br>De bob-tail fling her ober his back—Oh! doo-dah-day!<br>Den fly along like a rail-road car—Doo-dah! doo-dah!<br>Runnin’ a race wid a shootin’ star—Oh! doo-dah-day! | ||
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| + | Gwine to run all night!<br>Gwine to run all day!<br>I’ll bet my money on de bob-tail nag—<br>Somebody bet on de bay. | ||
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| + | See dem flyin’ on a ten-mile heat—Doo-dah doo-dah!<br>Round de race track, den repeat—Oh! doo-dah-day!<br>I win my money on de bob-tail nag—Doo-dah! doo-dah!<br>I keep my money in an old tow-bag—Oh! doo-dah-day! | ||
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| + | Gwine to run all night!<br>Gwine to run all day!<br>I’ll bet my money on de bob-tail nag—<br>Somebody bet on de bay. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdZliSDhgXY Song] arranged by Peter Adamson, on YouTube | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdZliSDhgXY Song] arranged by Peter Adamson, on YouTube | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:34, February 11, 2020
"Camptown Races", also called "Gwine to Run All Night"[1] is an American popular song by Stephen Foster, written in the 19th century.[2] It is a minstrel song, and many have accused it of being racist and mocking the accent of the Southern black.[3] It is true that in the lyrics, there is spelling mimicking the pronunciation of a southern black, but this was common in songs of the time which were meant to be sung by men in blackface.[3] The song itself is about gambling on a horse race. It became a theme for the Looney Tunes character Foghorn Leghorn, who often hums the song while adding in "Doo-dah! Doo-dah!" while he makes mischief in the farmyard.
Lyrics
The original lyrics are as follows:[1]
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44254
- ↑ Blood, Peter, and Annie Patterson. Rise Up Singing.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=13639
External links
- Song arranged by Peter Adamson, on YouTube