De Camptown ladies sing dis song Doo dah! doo dah! De Camptown racetrack 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 bobtail 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! Old muley cow come on to de track Doo dah! doo dah! De bobtail fling her ober his back Oh! doo dah day! Den fly along like a railroad car Doo dah! doo dah! Runnin' a race wid a shootin' star Oh! doo dah day! 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 bobtail nag Doo dah! doo dah! I keep my money in an old tow bag Oh! doo dah day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LETTER TO HER HUSBAND, ABSENT UPON PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT by ANNE BRADSTREET INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ANOTHER FRANCIS OF ASSISI by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER THE OLD FLUTE by AUGUSTE ANGELLIER LONG LIVE LIFE by JACQUES BARON SCHUBERT'S (UNFINISHED) SYMPHONY by FRANCES BARTLETT |