Historic Sheet Music Collection

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1905

Comments

Lyrics and music by: Stephen Collins Foster

Publisher: Volkwein Bros., Inc. Pittsburgh, PA.

Copyright: 1905 Volkwein Bros., Inc. Pittsburgh, PA.

Advertisements: back cover - “Songs You Love To Sing For Sale at all Music Counters” with a long list of songs all published by Volkwein Bros.

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
De camptown ladies sing dis song
Doo-dah! Doo-dah!
De camptown racetrack five miles long
Oh! Doo-dah day.
I come down here wid my hat caved in
Doo-dah! Doo-dah!
I go back home wid ma pocket full of tin
Oh! Doo-dah day.

[Chorus]
Gwine to run all night, gwine to run all day
I bet my money on a bobtail nag, somebody bet on de bay.

[Verse 2]
De longtail filly an’ de big black hoss
Doo-dah! Doo-dah!
Dey fly de track an’ dey both cut across
Oh! Doo-dah day.
De blind hoss stuck in a big mud hole
Doo-dah! Doo-dah!
Can’t touch bottom wid a ten foot pole
Oh! Doo-dah day.

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Old mully cow come on to de track
Doo-dah! Doo-dah!
De bobtail flung her o’er his back
Oh! Doo-dah day.
Den fly along like a railroad car
Doo-dah! Doo-dah!
Running a race wid a shooting star
Oh! Doo-dah day.

[Chorus]

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