Lyr. Add: BUFFALO GIRLS
Christy's Nigga Songster
ca. 1850

As I was lumbering down the street,
O down de street,
O down de street,
Dat pretty color'd gal I chanc'd to meet,
O, she was fair to view.

Oh, Buffalo gals, wont you come out to night,
Wont you come out to night,
Wont you come out to night,
O de Buffalo gals wont you come out to night,
And dance by de light ob de moon.

Den we stopp's awhile and had some talk,
O we had some talk,
O we had some talk,
And her heel cover'd up the whole sidewalk,
As she stood right by me.
Oh Buffalo gals, etc.

I'd like to kiss dem lubly lips,
Dem lubly lips, Dem lubly lips,
I think dat I could lose my wits,
And drap right on de floor.
Oh Buffalo gals, etc.

I ax'd her would she go to a dance,
Would she go to a dance,
Would she go to a dance,
I thought that I might have a chance,
To shake my foot wid her.
Oh Buffalo gals, etc.

I danc'd all night and my heel kept a rocking,
O my heel kept a rocking,
O my heel kelt a rocking,
And I balance to de gal wid a hole in her stocking,
She was the prettiest gal in de room.
Oh Buffalo gals, etc.

I am bound to make dat gal my wife,
Dat gal my wife,
Dat gal my wife,
O, I should be happy all my life,
If I had her along wid me.
Oh Buffalo gals, etc.

pp. 96-98, Christy's Nigga Songster, ca. 1850.
Every minstrel troop probably had a version if the Cool White song and dance; new verses frequently substituted.
It wasn't long before the song obtained folk variants in both black and white communities.

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