Buffalo Gals - Adaptations

Adaptations

• The English singing game "Pray, Pretty Miss" may have been an inspiration for the lyric, according to Frank Brown in "Collection of North Carolina Folklore." The tune is reminiscent of "Im Grunewald, im Grunewald ist Holzauktion," a music hall song from Germany.
• A 1944 recording set to the same tune, titled "Dance with Dolly" became a hit in the United States.
• A 1960 hit by Ray Smith, "Rockin' Little Angel" is based on the same melody.
• A 1960 hit by The Olympics, "Dance by the Light of the Moon" borrows part of the melody and lyrics, reworking it into a doo-wop song.