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Camptown Races

Camptown Races, is one of the popular songs by Stephen Foster which was published in 1850. Learn how to play this song online.

This easy version of Camptown Races is played in 4/4 time, which means each measure gets four beats, and each quarter note receives one count.

Download free Camptown Races sheet music (with guitar chords). There are three chords used in this song – C chord, G chord, and F chord.

Notes to be played by the right hand are:

\|		\|		\|		\|	G	\|
\|	G G E G	\|	A G E	\|	E D	\|	E D G	\|
\|	G G E G	\|	A G E	\|	D E D	\|	C G	\|
\|	G G E GG	\|	A G E	\|	E D	\|	E D G	\|
\|	G G E GG	\|	AAGG E	\|	D E D	\|	C	\|
\|	C C E G	\|	A	\|	A A C A	\|	G G	\|
\|	G G EEGG	\|	A G E	\|	D EF E D D	\|	C	\|

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Camptown Race Lyrics

De Camptown ladies sing dis song – Doo-dah! doo-dah!
De Camptown race-track 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 pocketful of tin — 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—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!(Chorus)

Old muley cow come on to de track—Doo-dah! doo-dah!
De bob-tail fling her ober his back—Oh! doo-dah-day!
Den fly along like a rail-road car—Doo-dah! doo-dah!
Runnin’ a race wid a shootin’ star—Oh! doo-dah-day!(Chorus)

Learn more Easy Songs below:

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Lesson 6
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