“Shoot the Buffalo”

Description

Playparty/dance tune: "And it's ladies to the center and it's gents around the row, And we'll rally round the canebrake and shoot the buffalo." Tales of courting and spitting tobacco

References

1. Randolph 523, "Shoot the Buffalo" (2 texts plus 4 excerpts, 1 tune)
2. Hudson 149, pp. 297-298, "Shoot the Buffalo" (1 text)
3. Fuson, p. 165, "Chase the Buffalo" (1 text)
4. Cambiaire, p. 143, "Hunting Ballad (We'll Shoot the Buffalo)" (1 text)
5. SharpAp 262, "Chase the Buffalo" (1 text, 1 tune)
6. Lomax-FSUSA 32, "Shoot the Buffalo" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Lomax-ABFS, pp. 296-297, "Shoot the Buffalo" (1 text, 1 tune)
8. Fife-Cowboy/West 98, "Shoot the Buffalo" (3 texts, 1 tune)
9. Arnett, p. 96, "Shoot the Buffalo" (1 text, 1 tune)
10. Botkin-MRFolklr, p. 563, "We'll Hunt the Buffalo!" (1 text, 1 tune, with the chorus of "Shoot the Buffalo" and lyrics from "The Lovely Ohio")
11. Roud #3644
12. BI, R523