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Camptown Races

Written By Stephen Foster -1850

Verse: --------	----------------	----------------	----------------
C	-	G7	-
C	-	G7	C
Chorus: -------	----------------	----------------	----------------
C	-	F	C
C	-	G7	C   (repeat twice)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verses:

Camp -town la -dies sing this song, Doo -dah, doo -dah.
Camp -town race -track five miles long, Oh, doo -dah day

 

Oh, the long tailed filly and the big black horse, Doo-da, doo-da
Come to a mud hole and they all cut across, Oh, doo -dah day

 

I went down there with my hat caved in, Doo-da, doo-da
I came back home with a pocket full of tin, Oh, doo -dah day

Chorus:
Goin' to run all night, Goin to run all day!
Bet my mon -ey on the bob -tail nag, Some -bod -y bet on the bay.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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