Midnight Serenade
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- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Original music written by
- John Hodges, George Knauff
- Original lyrics written by
- John Hodges
- Language
- English
- Roud number
- 738
- Adapted from
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Lubly Fan written by John Hodges – Recomposition
- Comments
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"Buffalo Gals (Won't You Come Out Tonight)" is frequently said to have been composed by the blackface minstrel performer, John Hodges (who used the stage name "Cool White"). He copyrighted a song he called "Lubly Fan Will You Come Out Tonight?" in 1844, which used the melody now commonly associated with "Buffalo Gals". This tune has been traced back in published form to 1839, where it appears in a collection of dance tunes entitled "Virginia Reels, Selected and Arranged for the Piano Forte" as "Midnight Serenade" so Cool White's tune was not original with him. At least one scholar has suggested that "Buffalo Gals" was inspired by the English singing game, "Pray, Pretty Miss".
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