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Camptown Races
Camptown ladies sing this song, Doo-dah! doo-dah!
Camptown race-track five miles long, Oh, doo-dah day!
I come down there with my hat caved in, Doo-dah! doo-dah!
I go back home with a pocket full of tin, Oh, doo-dah day!
The above is also written by Stephen Foster in a vocabulary meant to mimic black speech and to portray them as uneducated.
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