Camptown Races

minstrel song written and composed by Stephen Foster
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q652643
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Camptown Races

Summary

Camptown Races is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,163 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Camptown Races's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Camptown Races's composer is recorded as Stephen Foster[4].
  • Camptown Races was published by F. D. Benteen[5].
  • Camptown Races's genre is minstrel song[6].
  • Among the performers on Camptown Races was Christy's Minstrels[7].
  • Camptown Races's Commons category is recorded as Camptown Races[8].
  • Camptown Races's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Camptown Races was published on February 1850[10].
  • Camptown Races's lyricist is recorded as Stephen Foster[11].
  • Camptown Races's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gwine to Run All Night, or De Camptown Races'}[12].
  • Camptown Races's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Camptown ladies sing dis song, Doo-dah! doo-dah!'}[13].
  • Camptown Races's copyright status is recorded as public domain[14].
  • Camptown Races's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6ed8fcbe-3d16-3adc-8288-f49d4d3ea612[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Camptown Races was published by F. D. Benteen[5]. It was performed by Christy's Minstrels[7].

Publication

Camptown Races was released on February 1850[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is minstrel song[6].

Why It Matters

Camptown Races ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,163 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_camptown-races_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Camptown Races}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/camptown-races}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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