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'''I'M GONNA GO A-HUNTING FOR THE BUFFALO.''' American, Reel. G Major. BEgb tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Lomaxes printed in '''Best Loved American Folk Songs''' (1947, p. 103):
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''And it's ladies to the center and it's gebts around the row,''<br>
''And we'll rally round the canebrake and shoot the buffalo.''<br>
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CHO: (1)<br>
''And we'll shoot the buffalo, we'll shoot the buffalo,''<br>
''We'll rally round the canebrake and shoot the buffalo.''<br>
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''Rise you up, my dearest dear, present to me your hand,''<br>
''I'll lead you in procession to a far and distant land.''<br>
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CHO: (2)<br>
''And we'll promenade, you know, and we'll promenade, you know,''<br>
''And we'll all meet together and we'll shoot the buffalo.''<br>
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''Rise you up, my dearest dear, present to me your paw,''<br>
''I'm sure you've got terbacker, I'd like to have a chaw.''<br>
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''The girls will sit and spin, and the boys will sit and grin,''<br>
''Rally round the barnyard and chase the old blue hen.''<br>
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The girls will go to school, the boys will act the fool,''<br>
Rally round the barnyard and chase the old gray mule.''<br>
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The girls will sew and patch, the [boys] will fight and scratch,''<br>
And we'll all meet together in the sweet potato patch.''<br>
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''Oh, the hawk shot the buzzard and the buzzard shot the crow,''<br>
''And we'll rally rtound the canebrake and shoot the buffalo.''<br>
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''Source for notated version'': Jimmie Driftwood (recorded in the field by Mike Seegar, 1960's)  [Milliner & Koken]. 
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''Printed sources'': Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 314. 
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