*175 years later* Hang on, the Camptown Race Track is five miles long? That seems awfully long for a race track!

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I look forward to your thoughts on Jimmy Crack Corn.
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sorry idc
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I don’t care.
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I believe ‘doodah’ means ‘bullshit’
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"How about 'De Camptown Ladies?'"
"The Camptown Ladies? Hmmm."
"Oh, you know..." (bursts into song)
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Sure does. But now makes sense as to why it was special enough to write a song about.
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Doo dah, doo dah
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and yet... does it really take all night and all day to run it? Sounds like more of a stroll.
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The big mud hole slows them down.
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#DooDah! #DooDah!
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Doo day, doo dah
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When is this race going to wrap up? I don't have all doo dah day.
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Apparently it really was five miles long, though it wasn't a racetrack so much as a track between villages on which a race was held
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It’s why they have to run all night and day
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🤣🤣🤣
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but then they made it longer and got rid of the horses, so people had to run
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Well, the Camptown ladies sing this song doodah doodah
Ah the Camptown race track's five miles long oh doo-dah day
Goin' to run all night, goin' to run all day
I'll bet my money on the bobtail nag, somebody bet on the bay.
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Horse drag racing?
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that's why you don't bet on the nag
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I've actually attended a point to point race in the south of England that was something like 3.2 miles long. The horses do not so much fly by as jump with care.
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