Camptown Races

"Camptown Races"
Original sheet music cover
Song by Stephen Foster
Written1850
PublishedFebruary 1850
GenreMinstrel show

"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 the nineteenth century. It is Roud Folk Song Index no. 11768.

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