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Thread #71434   Message #1223853
Posted By: Charlie Baum
12-Jul-04 - 10:21 AM
Thread Name: Req: Songs about the Susquehanna River
Subject: RE: Req: Songs about the Susquehanna River
Another song from the Susquehanna River valley is Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races" (Doo-Dah! Doo-Dah!). The races "nine-miles long" from Wylausing to Camptown were along a tributary valley of the Susquehanna. Stephen Foster was a high school student in nearby Towanda, just about 15 miles upriver on the Susquehanna from Wyalusing.

--Charlie Baum