Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GWINE TO RUN ALL NIGHT, by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER Poet's Biography First Line: De camptown ladies sing dis song Last Line: Oh! Doo dah day! Variant Title(s): De Camptown Races Subject(s): Horse Racing | ||||||||
De Camptown ladies sing dis song Doo dah! doo dah! De Camptown racetrack 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 pocket full of tin Oh! doo dah day! Gwine to run all night! Gwine to run all day! I'll bet my money on de bobtail 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! Old muley cow come on to de track Doo dah! doo dah! De bobtail fling her ober his back Oh! doo dah day! Den fly along like a railroad car Doo dah! doo dah! Runnin' a race wid a shootin' star Oh! doo dah day! See dem flyin' on a ten mile heat Doo dah! doo dah! Round de race track, den repeat Oh! doo dah day! I win my money on de bobtail nag Doo dah! doo dah! I keep my money in an old tow bag Oh! doo dah day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TOM FOOL AT JAMAICA by MARIANNE MOORE THE HORSES RUN BACK TO THEIR STALLS by LINDA GREGERSON POLYHYMNIA: FRAGMENTS by WILLIAM BASSE THE IDLER'S CALENDAR: JULY. GOODWORD by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT LEITH RACES by ROBERT FERGUSSON HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE JUDGE'S DECISION by J. W. KEVIN AT GALWAY RACES (1) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER |
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