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Buffalo Gals

from A Horse Apiece by Yellow Jack

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about

As the western terminus of the Erie Canal, canal workers often collected the pay for their completed trip in Buffalo, and as is the way of things, an industry developed to help separate them from that pay. "Buffalo Gals" is a traditional tune, published in 1844 under a different title by a minstrel singer. Its invitation to "come out tonight" is directed at the "dancing girls" and brothel workers of the era. We have a little fun with it and "mash" it up with Woody Guthrie's 1940 version (which includes the epic dad joke, “The bootlegger’s daughter and I love her STILL”).

lyrics

As I was walking down the street, down the street, down the street
A pretty girl I chanced to meet, and we danced by the light of the moon

CHORUS

Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight?
Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight, and we'll dance by the light of the moon.

I danced with a gal with a hole in her stocking and her knees was a-knockin' and her shoes was a-rockin'
I danced with a gal with a hole in her stocking, and we danced by the light of the moon

CHORUS

I danced all night with a bottle in my hand, bottle in my hand, bottle in my hand
Danced all night with a bottle in my hand, oozed right over in the promised land.

I got a gal that lives on the hill, lives on the hill, lives on the hill!
I’ve got a gal that lives on the hill! Tell me won’t ya come out tonight?
She’s a bootlegger's daughter but I love her still, love her still, love her still
The bootlegger's daughter and I love her still! Tell me won’t ya come out tonight?
CHORUS

Hurry up Joe and don't go slow! Here you go, 'n don't go slow!
Chicken in the bread pan pickin’ at dough, There you go, kickin' up snow!

Well, a right foot up and left foot down, swing that girl around and round
Right wing up, left wing down, you just go a-kicking at the floor

CHORUS

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from A Horse Apiece, released December 31, 2020
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Yellow Jack plays Americana and folk, with an emphasis on the rich history in song of their native Western New York and Erie Canal region.

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