Camptown Races is a song sung by Ned Flanders and Rev. Lovejoy in Gump Roast. The song is also sung by Chief Wiggum as ventriloquist act using the skull of Jebediah Springfield in "Lisa the Iconoclast "
Lyrics[]
Wiggum version[]
Why don't you sing a song for
the nice people?
[as skull] Okay! Camptown ladies sing this song, doo-dah
doo-dah, Camptown races five miles long...
Lovejoy and Flanders version[]
Ned and Lovejoy:The Camptown ladies sing this song, Doo-da, Doo-da
Lovejoy: Homer Simpson's breath smells bad, Oh, de doo-da day.
- Ned:
- Hey, hey now hold there. The nice people want to hear the real words.
- Rev. Lovejoy:
- But, Ned, I was singing the real words.
- Ned:
- Oh, let's just take it from the top.
Ned and Lovejoy: The Camptown ladies sing this song, Doo-da, Doo-da- Rev. Lovejoy:
- The camptown race track's five miles long oh de doo-da day...
- Ned:
- That's better.
Lovejoy: Homer Simpson's breath is strong, Oh, de doo-da day.
- Ned:
- ohh, those are not the words!