Buffalo Gals

As I was walking down the street
Down the street, down the street
A pretty girl I chanced to meet
And we danced by the light of the moon

Chorus
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

I asked her if she'd stop and dance
Have a dance, care to dance
I thought that I might get a chance
to shake a foot with her

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

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