WHY DO THE CAMP DOWN LADIES SING "DO DA ,DO DA"?

[Steve/sewell]

For GLASSMAN The Camptown races Flora Temple.


Here is the link to the Camptown races (Flora Temple) song

http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=39218#

Just under the long black bar the (download button)

left click,Flora Temple (Camptown Races) by TheTiler save it to your desktop then play it with your windows media player.
Dont try to play it from the website they want you to upgrade your apple music player this is not needed.
Just down load it to your PC it is a nice accoustical version of the song.


A good article on Flora Temple and the flasks made in her honor in Lancaster New York and Glassboro New Jersey.

http://www.glswrk-auction.com/039.htm

Another link:

http://community.tvg.com/t5/History-and-Photos/The-history-of-the-bob-tailed-nag/m-p/423726

A picture of my dark puce amber Flora Temple Whitney glass works Glassboro New Jersey made quart flask.
This is a nice late 1850s flask after the famous race horse.I one day hope to atain all 6 of the flasks.Anyone else have any?
If you do please post them.

Here are the lyrics Jamie download the accoustical version of the song above in this post and then sing along.



CAMPTOWN RACES

June 28,1853 - Flora Temple, "the Bob Tail Nag"

Between 1853 and 1859 she lowered the record for the mile six different times, her fastest being 2:19 ¾ set in 1859 when she was fourteen years old.
The Camptown racetrack was a site for harness racing.

Song by Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)

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!


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 with a shootin' star -- Oh! doo-dah day!


Chorus

Seen 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 bob-tail nag -- Doo-dah! doo-dah!
I keep my money in an old tow-bag -- Oh! doo-dah day!

So there you go Jamie all you need to know about the most famous race horse there ever was.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Number 2

 

[Steve/sewell]

Number three the handle in close.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Number 4 the base with two vent holes.

 

[Plumbata]

Hey Steve, this was one heckuvan informative post, thanks very much! Never knew the story behind that song, and your ability to link it with a bottle in your collection (a very excellent bottle indeed) makes it that much more interesting.

Thanks again, and good show!

 

[glass man]

GREAT BOTTLE AND INFO STEVE MY FRIEND...WHEN I THINK OF OR HEAR THIS SONG ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS "BLAZING SADDLES"!