Buffalo Gals
(Woody Guthrie version -
a.k.a. "I Danced All Night With A Bottle In My Hand)
Words & Music:
Traditional American
Woody plays this at a
blistering tempo. This is a
honky-tonk version of the song, not a campfire one. A few of the lyrics are unintelligible to me, so any help is
appreciated. Some versions start
this with the first verse of the traditional version of "Buffalo
Gals".
CHORUS:
C
I danced all night with a
bottle in my hand,
F
C
Bottle in my hand, bottle in
my hand.
C
Oozed right over to that
promised land.
G
C
I danced by the light of the
moon.
I danced with a gal with a
hole in her stockin',
And her heel kept a-rockin'
and her toe kept a-knockin',
I danced with a gal with a
hole in her stockin',
And we danced by the light of
the moon.
CHORUS: [new words]
I danced all night with a
bottle in my hand,
Bottle in my hand, bottle in
my hand.
I danced all night with a
bottle in my hand,
Oozed right over to that
promised land.
[spoken: Head on
down to Birmingham! Oh, this [??]
is killing me!]
I got a gal who lived on the
hill, lived on the hill, lived on the hill,
I got a gal who lived on the
hill. Never wonÕt you come out
tonight?
A bootlegger's daughter and I
love her still, love her still, love her still.
A bootlegger's daughter and I
love her still. Never won't you
come out tonight?
CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE:
Hurry up, Joe, don't go
slow. Hurry up, Sue, don't go
slow.
Chicken in the breadpan,
pickin' out dough. Hurry up, boy,
and on you go.
Well, right foot up and left
foot down. Swing that gal around
and 'round.
Right foot out, left foot in.
[this line obscured by the
first line of the chorus...]
CHORUS: [2x]
REPEAT SONG CHORDS 2-3x AND
FINISH ON C