335 The Range of the Buffalo
'The Range of the Buffalo.' Sung by J. A. Lomax. Recorded at Blowing
Rock, Watauga county, August 1936.
It hap - pened in Jack Bor - ough in the year of sev'n - ty -
three, A man by the name of Clea - gle, — Came step - ping-
to me, Says, 'How do you do, young fel - low ,- And-
how'd you like to go,-
And spend one sum - mer
pleas - ant - ly on the range of the Buf - fa - lo?'
For melodic relationship cf. ***ASb 270, 'The Buffalo Skinners' ; the meter,
however, is different.
Scale: Hexatonic (4), plagal. Tonal Center: d. Structure: abb^ai (4,4,4,4).