Songbook/Camptown Races

American joke song – Alternative title: Camptown Ladies, Gwine to Run All Night (original title), Text and melody: Stephen Foster (1850 publ.), arranged by Paniolo  

Gitarre		Ukulele (gcea)
		C F G7

The Camptown Races

Stephen Foster

1^st Verse (2x)

[C]Camptown ladies sing this song, [G7]doo-da, doo-da

[C]Camptown race track's two miles long, [G7]oh, de doo-da [C]day

Chorus

[C]Goin' to run all night, [F]goin' to run all [C]day

I [C]bet my money on a bob-tailed nag, [G7]somebody bet on the [C]bay

2^nd Verse

Oh, the [C]long tailed filly and the big black horse, [G7]doo-da, doo-da

[C]Come to a mud hole and they all cut across, [G7]oh, de doo-da [C]day   (Chorus)

3^rd Verse

I [C]went down South with my hat carved in, [G7]doo-da, doo-da

I [C]come back North with a pocket full of tin, [G7]oh, de doo-da [C]day   (Chorus)

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