Lyr Req: Buffalo Gals

Subject: Want Lyrics for Buffalo Gal Won't you
From:
Date: 21 Feb 99 - 11:24 PM

Any idea where I can find the lyrics?

Thanks.

Cowan

Subject: RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: harpgirl
Date: 21 Feb 99 - 11:36 PM

It's here in the DT sweety...type in Buffalo in the box in the right hand corner...harpgirl

Subject: Thanks! RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: cowan
Date: 22 Feb 99 - 12:05 AM

That was incredibly fast, and sooo gentle "sweety". Thanks.

I actually did do a search on (I think) Buffalo Gal and got Erie Canal! (All the way to Buffalo). Who knows what I typed.

Sweety

Subject: RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: Ferrara
Date: 22 Feb 99 - 10:06 AM

Try just searching for Buffalo. The actual song may say "Buffalo Girls" or some such. ... Actually it is Buffalo Gals (I found it) but the Buffalo search works.

My mom said when she was a girl on the Georgia-Alabama border, they sang it as Alabama Gals. She just remembered these three verses (which differ a little from the ones in the DT):

Buffalo Gals ain't ya comin' out tonight,
Comin' out tonight, comin' out tonight,
Buffalo Gals ain't ya comin' out tonight,
And dance by the light of the moon.

Ain't ya, ain't ya, ain't ya, ain't ya
Comin' out tonight, comin' out tonight,
Ain't ya .. etc.
And dance by the light of the moon.

Dance with the dolly with the hole in her stockin',
Her knees keep a-knockin, her toes keep a- rockin',
Dance with the dolly with the hole in her stockin'
And dance by the light of the moon.

Subject: RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: Ferrara
Date: 23 Mar 99 - 11:33 AM

Refreshing this thread in response to new request

Subject: RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: Banjer
Date: 23 Mar 99 - 09:05 PM

As I learned it, any placename can be inserted in place of Buffalo. The group of minstrels that introduced the song happened to be in Buffalo NY at the time, thus it being named what it is. As they travelled their circuit they would modify the song to fit where they were.

Subject: RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: GUEST,Sissigus9
Date: 04 Nov 06 - 09:06 PM

Here's how i learned it...

Buffalo gal won't you come out tonight?

Come out tonight, come out tonight?

Buffalo gal won't you come out tonight,

And dance by the light of the moon?

Subject: RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: GUEST,Sissigus9
Date: 04 Nov 06 - 09:11 PM

And...
    I danced with a girl with a hole in her stockin'

    Her knees kept a knockin'

    Her toes kept a rockin'

    I danced with a girl with a hole in her stockin'...

    And we danced by the light of the moon.

Subject: RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: GUEST,DonMeixner
Date: 04 Nov 06 - 09:22 PM

Buffalo Gal(s) was based on a Minstrel show song called Lubly Fan and an older melody. Cool White put the words with the changed somewhat melody. It became popular along the canal because of the speed at which culture(?) could travel. The canal was the information super highway of the day.

Don Meixner

"Lubly Fan Will You Cum Out To Night?" (1844)
Composed by Cool White
[aka "Buffalo Gals"]

[Sources: 020/028@Levy;
pages 130-131 of "Minstrel Songs, Old and New" (1883)]

[for "Lubly Fan..."]
1.
As I was lumb'ring down de street
down de street
down de street
A pretty girl I chanc'd to meet
O she was fair to view

CHORUS
Den lubly Fan will you cum out to night,
will you cum out to night,
will you cum out to night,
Den lubly Fan will you cum out to night,
An dance by de lite ob de moon.

2.
I stopt her an I had some talk,
Had some talk,
Had some talk,
But her foot covered up de whole side walk
And left no room for me.

(CHORUS)

3.
She's de prettiest gal ibe seen in my life,
Seen in my life,
Seen in my life,
An I wish to de Lord she was my wife,
Den we would part no more.

(CHORUS)

4.
I lub to taste dem lubly libs,
Lubly lips,
Lubly lips,
Oh den I sure would lose my wits,
An drop down on de floor.

(CHORUS)

5.
Her lips are like de oyster plant,
De oyster plant,
De oyster plant,
I try to kiss dem but I cant,
Dey am so berry large.

(CHORUS)

6.
Oh make haste Fan dont make me wait,
Make me wait,
Make me wait,
I fear you've kept me now too late,
Yes dare's de ebening gun.

(CHORUS)

7.
Yes lubly Fan will you cum out to night,
Cum out to night,
Cum out to night,
Yes lubly Fan will you cum out to night,
And dance by de light ob de moon.

CHORUS
Lubly Fan is cumming out to night
Cumming out to night
Cumming out to night
[Lubly Fan is cumming out to night]
Far to dance by de lite of de moon.

[for "Buffalo Gals"]
1.
As I was lumb'ring down the street,
Down the street, down the street,
A handsome gal I chanc'd to meet;
Oh! she was fair to view.

[CHORUS]
Buffalo gals, can't you come out to night?
Can't you come out to night?
Can't you come out to night?
And dance by de light ob de moon.

2.
I ax'd her would she hab some talk,
Hab some talk, hab some talk,
Her feet cover'd up de whole sidewalk,
As she stood close by me.

(CHORUS)

3.
I ax'd her would she hab a dance,
Hab a dance, hab a dance,
I taught dat I might get a chance,
To shake a foot wid her.

(CHORUS)

4.
I'd like to make that gal my wife,
Gal my wife, gal my wife,
I'd be happy all my life,
If I had her by me.

(CHORUS)

Subject: RE: Buffalo Gal Won't you come out tonight
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 05 Nov 06 - 12:13 AM

Both "Lubly Fan" and "Buffalo Gals" (1850) posted in thread 13658 with variants and comments.
Lubly Fan