Stephen Foster,
Camptown Races
(1850)
“ 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 wid a shootin' star, Oh, doo-dah-day! ”
