Two parts. Can be sung in any key but it is usually fiddled in G or A. It is also called Round Town Gals (or Girls). There is an old time version that is a little different.
Links - The Hillbillies, 1926 [utoob] in G.
- Peet Seeger [utoob] solo banjo in C.
- Slow solo banjo [utoob] in G.
- Solo recordings for fiddle lessons at Fiddle Tune Archive. The standard version played slow in key of D (recordings one and two) or faster in key of G (mp3).
- Lots of lyrics with autoharp in G [utoob] plus lecture.
- Lots of lyrics with guitar in (sorta) D [toneway].
- Flatt & Scruggs bluegrass in G [not video].
- Cowgirl Wanda Neal on guitar in G [not video].
Old Time Buffalo Gals, slightly different tune in key of A. - Old time school MP3 recordings one, two, three, and four.
- NTAD [utoob] says it is the Molskey version.
Other stuff - Wikipedia history of the song.
- Jimmy Stuart sung it in the garden scene of this movie.
- The novel by Ursula Le Guin [amazon].
- Square dance on the Lawrence Welk show [utoob].
Lyrics - Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight?
- Come out tonight, come out tonight?
- Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight?
- And dance by the light of the moon.
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Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer of DC play Buffalo Gals (with bits of a different song) on two banjos in G. | 