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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!
Cho: Gwine to run all night! &c.

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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!
Cho: Gwine to run all night! &c.

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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 bob-tail nag Doo-dah! doo-dah!
I keep my money in an old tow-wag Oh! doo-dah-day!
Cho: Gwine to run all night! &c.