Hunting the Buffalo
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Hunting the Buffalo", also known as "Hunting for the Buffalo" and "We're Gonna Hunt the<br> Buffalo" is an American reel in cut time and either E Minor or # Minor. The parts are<br> played AABB. It is played in standard or BEgb fiddle tuning.<br> According to Drew Beisswenger the melody is apparently not related to the old play-party songs<br> from the Ozarks with similar titles such as "Shoot the Buffalo" and "Gonna Go Huntin' for the<br> Buffalo".<br> Mike Seeger played a version learned from Jimmy Driftwood (1907-1998),<br> who had the tune from his two fiddler uncles who lived in Indian territory for years.<br> They played it in the unusual BEgb tuning (an E minor chord), which produces a host of overtones<br> from parallel thirds.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher.<br> It was printed in Beisswenger & McCann's Ozarks Fiddle Music (2008),<br> Silberberg's The Complete Fiddle Tunes I Either Did or Did Not Learn at the Tractor Tavern<br> (2007),<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021) and<br> Songer's Portland Collection (1997).<br> It was recorded by Helicon on Horizons (1992),<br> Ramona Jones on Back Porch Fiddling (1974),<br> Norman Blake on Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To (1991) and<br> Clyde Curley and the Oxymorons on Old Time Mandolin Music (1998).<br>
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