Camptown Racetrack

Traditional American folk ditty performed by Steve Jones Daughs with production assistance from Nick Markovich and Bradley Eros. Images captured on Super-8 film by Nick Markovich. Super-8 film transfered to video by Tim Sweet. Assembled and enhanced by Tim Sweet. Anti-gravity environment provided by Gargoyle Mechanique Studio Verite, New York City. Special thanks to Douglas Bert Kennedy for the song idea. This was perhaps the first of Daughs' cultural reversal performance experiments which included "Pledge Of Allegiance" and "Can't Get No Satisfaction".

Camptown ladies sing this song
doo dah, doo dah
Camptown racetrack five miles long
O, dee doo dah day.

I go down there with my hat caved in
doo dah, doo dah
I come back home with a pocket full of tin
O, dee doo dah day

on the run all night, on the run all day
I'll bet my money on a Bob-tail Nag
somebody bet on the Bay

The long-tail Filly and the big black horse
doo dah, doo dah
They fly the track and they both cut across
O, dee doo dah day

The blind horse stickin in a big mud hole
doo dah, doo dah
can't touch bottom with a ten-foot pole
O, dee doo dah day

On the run all night, on the run all day
I bet my money on a bob-tail Nag
somebody bet on the Bay.

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[rococoZoom]

It's still standing strong and beautiful 20+ years later... Thanks for sharing

[art2liv4]

Thanks for for saving me the trouble of digging out the videotape of Gargoyle films!

[dennster]

this is so crazy, it's cool!