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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 ...
Erika M. Anderson, of the band EMA, refers to Foster's "Camptown Races" in the song "California", from past Life Martyred Saints (2011): "I bet my money on the bobtail nag/somebody bet on the bay." [29] The Firesign Theatre makes many references to Foster's compositions in their CD, Boom Dot Bust (1999, Rhino Records)
Camptown FC, a Guyanese football club that plays in the GFF National Super League; Camptown Historic District, La Mott, Pennsylvania "Camptown Races", an 1850 minstrel song; Kijichon, term for military base camp towns serving US forces in South Korea
meaning that these 'races' (and their associated mills) run all night and day, so a person could work around the clock. Inescapable conclusions: In my view of this song, it becomes obvious that Stephen Foster may have simply committed to paper a negro work song that had already existed in parts for a number of years prior to his compiling it ...
"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 ...
Most versions include some idiomatic African American English, although General American versions now predominate. The basic narrative remains intact. The basic narrative remains intact. On the surface, the song is a black slave 's lament over his white master 's death in a horse-riding accident.
Keystone Marker for Camptown, the inspiration for "Camptown Races", 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north of Wyalusing. [6]The history of Wyalusing dates back centuries. It was originally known as M'chwihilusing.
Conductor Andre Kostelanetz commissioned Copland to write a musical portrait of an "eminent American" for the New York Philharmonic.Copland chose President Abraham Lincoln, and used material from speeches and letters of Lincoln, as well as original folk songs of the period, including "Camptown Races" and "On Springfield Mountain". [1]