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"De Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" (nowadays popularly known as "Camptown Races") is a folk song by American Romantic composer Stephen Foster. It was published in February 1850 by F. D. Benteen and was introduced to the American mainstream by Christy's Minstrels , eventually becoming one of the most popular folk/ Americana tunes of ...
Camptown Races", Stephen Foster, (1850) [12] "Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline", Caro Roma (1914) "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" James A. Bland, (1878)
By the time of this cartoon's release, the Stephen Foster song "Camptown Races" has been established as Foghorn Leghorn's theme; in other cartoons Foghorn normally hums the verse, but in this cartoon he sings specially-written lyrics about fishing.
"Two World Wars and One World Cup" is a football song sung by supporters of the England national football team to the tune of "Camptown Races" as part of the England–Germany football rivalry. [1] The chant refers to the United Kingdom 's victories in the First and Second World Wars, and England's 4–2 victory against West Germany after extra ...
The scene then, in a non sequitur, transitions into a minstrel show in the south (a commonly censored scene on televised airings of this short), where Elmer, Bugs and the firing squad, now all in blackface, perform the chorus of "Camptown Races", with Bugs on banjo and Elmer on tambourine, to which Bugs asks the audience, "Fantastic, isn't it?"
The punchline is that the white cowboys end up in a ludicrous demonstration of how to sing and dance to “De Camptown Races”. Later, when the townsfolk want to shoot Bart, he escapes by holding ...
Camptown Races: Blackface Acts "Camptown Races" Bill Turner Larry Riley Tom Ford July 30, 1948 The Lone Star State: Texas "Deep in the Heart of Texas" I. Sparber Larz Bourne Dave Tendlar Morey Reden Robert Connavale August 20, 1948 Readin', Ritin' and Rhythmetic: School "School Daze" Seymour Kneitel I. Klein Al Eugster Bill Hudson October 22, 1948
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