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In correspondence with a native of the US last week, I happened to mention that somebody was all of a doodah over a recent piece of news. This caused great merriment in my correspondent, who had never heard the expression before. Is it not common in the Americas, or indeed the Southern outreaches of the English language?
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never heard it before, but I like it! 
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I've never heard it before, either. I have heard this song, however:
De Camptown Races
Gwine to Run All Night
-Stephen Foster. 1850
De Camptown ladies sing this song,
Doo-da, Doo-da
De Camptown racetrack's two miles long
Oh, de doo-da day.
Chorus:
G'wine to run all night
G'wine to run all day
I bet my money on a bob-tailed nag
Somebody bet on the gray.
2. Oh, de long tailed filly and de big black horse,
Doo-da, Doo-da
Come to a mud hole and dey all cut across,
Oh, de doo-da day.
Chorus:
3. I went down South with my hat caved in,
Doo-da, Doo-da
I came back North with a pocket full of tin.
Oh, de doo-da day.
Chorus:
So maybe when some of our Suthren US contingent checks in, they will have more info.
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This bob-tailed nag ain't never heard of it either. I like it!
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Me neither. Looks like yer on yer own, Bingley!
- Practising BOFH
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I have heard this song, however:didja' see my subject, Connie? 
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All of a doodah to < hootchy-kootchy hooter >
hootenanny
SYLLABICATION: hoot·en·an·ny
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: htn-n KEY
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. hoot·en·an·nies
1. An informal performance by folk singers, typically with participation by the audience.
2. Informal An unidentified or unidentifiable gadget.
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown.
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Once a very common expression here in the east; now considered somewhat camp.
(Hence the song?)
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"camp" I remember being an Australian word picked up by
TIME fifty years ago to refer to poor taste.
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Camp - Adj. An effeminate style and mannerism affected mainly by 'gays', however anyone can 'camp it up.' (from dictionary of slang)
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