"Gwine to Run All Night" Or, De Camptown Races Written, Composed & Arranged by Stephen C. Foster (Baltimore: F. D. Benteen, 1850) De Camptown ladies sing dis song CHORUS: Doo-dah! doo-dah! De Camptown race-track fives miles long-- CHORUS: Oh! doo-dah day! I come down dah wid my hat caved in-- CHORUS: Doo-dah! doo-dah! I go back home wid a pocket full of tin-- CHORUS: 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-- CHORUS: Doo-dah! doo-dah! Dey fly de track and dey both cut across-- CHORUS: Oh! doo-dah day! De blind hoss sticken in a big mud hole-- CHORUS: Doo-dah! doo-dah! Can't touch bottom wid a ten foot pole-- CHORUS: Oh! doo-dah day! CHORUS: Gwine to run all night! &c. Old muley cow come on to de track-- CHORUS: Doo-dah! doo-dah! De bob-tail fling her ober his back-- CHORUS: Oh! doo-dah day! Den fly along like a rail-road car-- CHORUS: Doo-dah! doo-dah! Runnin' a race wid a shootin' star-- CHORUS: Oh! doo-dah day! CHORUS: Gwine to run all night! &c. See dem flyin' on a ten mile heat-- CHORUS: Doo-dah! doo-dah! Round de race track, den repeat-- CHORUS: Oh! doo-dah day! I win my money on de bob-tail nag-- CHORUS: Doo-dah! doo-dah! I keep my money in old old tow-bag-- CHORUS: Oh! doo-dah day! CHORUS: Gwine to run all night! &c.

ARTISTS:   The 97th Regimental String Band GUITAR & LEAD VOCALS: Mark "Mad Dog" Luce; BASS, HARMONICAS & VOCALS: Rick Moock; ALL OTHER STRINGS & VOCALS: VGO. Raise a Ruckus ℗ © 1991 Licensed for use by Smoothbore Music, Inc. Unauthorized duplication or downloading is prohibited. Audio encoding by Jama Coartney at the Digital Media Lab, Clemons Library, Univ. of Virginia