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 Theme code Index    1363 5263
 Also known as    Alabama Gals, Buffalo Girls, Hagantown Gals, Johnstown Gals, Maxwell Girl, Reel Robert, Roundtown Girls
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Minstrel, Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Thomas Westrop
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:120 Country Dances
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 68
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1860's
 Artist    Edden Hammons
 Title of recording    Edden Hammons Collection II Disc 1.
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    West Virginia University SA-2
 Year recorded    2000
 Media    
Buffalo Gals

Played by: The Pine Tree String Band
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Downtown Buffalo in 1973, showing the then-Marine Midland Tower, Niagara River and Buffalo's Lower West Side.
 Score   (1)   
Buffalo Gals




X: 0 T:Buffalo Gals [1] WES.068 M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Q:1/4=110 B:T.Westrop's 120 Country Dances, 1860's Z:VMP-R.Greig 2010 K:Bb V:1 clef=treble name="0." [V:1] F|Bcde|gf d/d/d|fe c/c/c|edB G| Bcde|gfdb|afec|BdB:|]! F|d/d/d ed/e/|gf/e/ dd|fe/d/ cc|e(d/c/) BF| d/d/d e/d/e|gf/e/ (db)|af/f/ ec/c/|BdB:|]


X:1 T:Buffalo Gals [1]. Roose.0755 T:Midnight Serenade,aka. Roose.0755 M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 N:Appeared as Midnight Serenade in Virginia Reels, Selected and Arranged, by G.P. Knauff, 1829 N:cf https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/08/buffalo-gals/ N:Later song in the Library of Congress N:https://www.loc.gov/resource/sm1848.441720.0?st=gallery N:The pp is the only volume symbol in my section of the MS B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project. Rob Lands 2019 K:F V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] F|A/A/A B/B/B | dc A/A/A | cB G/G/G | BA F/F/F | A/A/A B/B/B | d>c !fermata!cf | ec B>E | F2-Fz | !pp!AA/A/ BB/B/ | d/cA/ AA/A/ | c/BG/ GG/G/ | B/AF/ Fz | AA/A/ BB/B/ | d/cc/ !fermata!cf | ec/c/ BG/G/ | F2z|]


X:2 T:Buffalo Girls M:2/4 L:1/8 B:E.F. Adam - Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes (St. Louis, B:1928, No. 12, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="2." [V:1] ((3D/E/F/|.G)A Bd|(e/d/)B/A/ (G/A/)B/c/|(d/e/)d/B/ (A/B/)c/d/|(e/d/)d/e/ d ((3D/E/F/| .G)A Bd|(e/d/)B/A/ (G/A/)B/c/|(d/e/)d/B/ (A/G/)F/A/|G>A- G:| |:(e/-f/|.g)(3f/g/f/ ed|(e/d/)B/A/ (G/A/)B/c/|(d/e/)d/B/ (A/B/)c/d/|(e/d/)d/e/ d(e/-f/| .g)(3f/g/f/ ed|(e/d/)B/A/ (G/A/)B/c/|(d/e/)d/B/ (A/G/)F/A/|G>A- G:|


X:3 T:Reel Robert M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:J.A. Boucher - "Le Répertoire du Violoneux" (Montreal?, 1933, No. 9) B:https://leviolondejos.wiki/images/9/9a/Le_Répertoire_du_Violoneux_de_J-A_Boucher_(réédition_2018_par_Jean_Duval).pdf Z:Jean Duval K:C V:1 clef=treble name="3." [V:1] G|cd ef|ag ec/e/|gf dB/d/|fe cG|cd ef|ag ec’|bafd |1 c2z:|2 c2 c/d/e/f/|| |:g/^f/g/a/ gd|e/d/e/f/ ec|d/c/d/e/ dG|[M:1/4] c/d/e/f/| [M:2/4] g/^f/g/a/ gd|e/d/e/f/ ec|d/c/d/e/ dG|1 c2 c/d/e/f/:|2 c2z||


X:4 T:Buffalo Gals [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Shaw - Cowboy Dances (1943) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F V:1 clef=treble name="4." [V:1] z2 zC|FG AB|dc A2|cB G2|dc A3C| FG AB|dc A>f|ec BG|F3z|| f/f/e dc/c/|d/cB/ A2|c/BA/ G2|d/cB/ A2| f/f/e dc/c/ d/cB/ A>f|ec/c/ BG/G/|F3 z||


X: 5 T: 1B. BUFFALO GALS [1] T: Johnstown Gals B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #1B S: Played by Mrs Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, Westmoreland County, PA, Nov 18 1943. R: reel Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: C| L: 1/8 K: G D2 |\ V:1 clef=treble name="5." [V:1] G3A B2G2 | BcdB G2Bc | d2cB A2F2 | AGFE D2EF | G3A B2G2 | BcdB G2Bc | d2cB A2F2 | G4 G2 || (3def | g3f e2d2 | BcdB G2ef | ggf2 e2d2 | e2a2 a2f2 | g2f2 e2d2 | BcdB G2Bc | d2cB A2F2 | G2 G2 |]


X:6 T:Buffalo Girls [1] S:Paisley Hagood (1905-1977, southwestern Limestone County, S:north-central Alabama) M:C| L:1/8 Q:Moderate R:Reel F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/buffalo-girls Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G V:1 clef=treble name="6." [V:1] (D|G2) A(c B2)d2|ed(dB) G2B(d|d)ed(c AB)cd|ed2e d2((3DEF| G)BAd B2d2|ed(dB) G2B(d|d)edc [DA]EF2|G3A G3|| |:g-|g2f2e2d2|edBd G2Bd-|dedc ABcd|ed2e d3g-| ggf2 e2d2|ed(BA) G2B(d|d)edc [DA]EF2|G3A G3||