The Camptown Races The Duhks Words and music by Stephen Collins Foster 1850 Traditional arrangement by Podolak-Havey-Elizabeth-McConnell-Senior © 2004 Duhkmusic, SOCAN Produced by Steve Fishell and The Duhks Recorded by Boo McCloud at Congress House Studios, Austin, TX Additional engineering and mixing by David Sinko at the Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN The Duhks appear courtesy of Sugar Hill Records and Welk Music Group Jessica Havey: vocals Tania Elizabeth: fiddle and background vocals / Leonard Podolak: banjo / Jordan McConnell: acoustic guitar / Scott Senior: percussion The Camptown ladies sing this song Doo-dah! Doo-dah! The Camptown racetrack’s five miles long Oh! De doo-dah day! The long tail filly and the big black hoss Doo-dah! Doo-dah! They fly the track and they both cut across Oh! De doo-dah day! Chorus: Going to run all night! Going to run all day! I’ll bet my money on the bobtail nag Somebody bet on the bay. I come down with my hat caved in Doo-dah! doo-dah! I go back home with a pocket full of tin Oh! De doo-dah day! The blind hoss sticken in a big mud hole Doo-dah! doo-dah! Can’t touch bottom with a ten foot pole Oh! De doo-dah day! Chorus Old brown cow came onto the track Doo-dah! Doo-dah! The bob-tail fling her over his back Oh! doo-dah day! They fly along like a railroad car Doo-dah! doo-dah! Runnin’ a race with a shootin’ star Oh! De doo-dah day! Chorus See them flyin’ on a ten mile heat Doo-dah! Doo-dah! Round the race track, then repeat Oh! doo-dah day! I win my money on the bob-tail nag Doo-dah! doo-dah! I keep my money in an old tow-bag Oh! De doo-dah day! Chorus