The Camptown folks all sing a song
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
The Camptown track is five miles long
Oh Doo-Dah Day!
From all the horses I picked one
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
They’re set to go there goes the gun
Oh Doo-Dah Day!

Gonna run all night
Gonna run all day
I bet my money on the bobtail nag
Everyone bet on the bay

A long tail filly and a big black horse
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
They fly on the track and they cut across
Oh Doo-Dah Day!
There goes the bay breaking in the clear
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
Bobtail’s running in the rear
Oh Doo-Dah Day!

Gonna run all night
Gonna run all day
I bet my money on the bobtail nag
Everyone bet on the bay
They way he’s running things look black
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
I wish I could get my money back
Oh Doo-Dah Day!
It looks like I’m on a bad luck streak
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
I’ll have to go without lunch all week
Oh Doo-Dah Day!

Gonna run all night
Gonna run all day
I bet my money on the bobtail nag
Everyone bet on the bay

The bobtail’s moving extra fast
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
He’s inching up now next to last
Oh Doo-Dah Day!
He’s SIX he’s FIVE and now he’s FOUR
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
Come on ole nag give it more more more
Oh Doo-Dah Day!

Gonna run all night
Gonna run all day
I bet my money on the bobtail nag
Everyone bet on the bay
Past the filly and the big black horse
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
Up to the bay using all his force
Oh Doo-Dah Day!
There’s the finish of the five mile chase
Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!
Ole bobtail won the Camptown race
Oh Doo-Dah Day!

Gonna run all night
Gonna run all day
I bet my money on the bobtail nag
Everyone bet on the bay