====== #367 - Rig-a-Jig ======
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  *Composer:
    *traditional
  *Also known as:
    *Lubly Fan
    *Buffalo Gals
  *[[/data/media/midi/367.mid|MIDI]] | ++show|\\ {{http://www.rollerorgans.com/mid2roll.php?cob=367&.gif?}}++
  *[[:incipit]]: 5565565355424653556556531777671
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 565653542465356565317671
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
As I was walking down the street,\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
A pretty girl I chance to meet,\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
\\
//chorus: //\\
Rig-a-jig-jig and away we go, away we go, away we go,\\
Rig-a-jig-jig and away we go, heigho, heigho, heigho,\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho,\\
Rig-a-jig-jig and away we go, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
\\
Said I to her "What is your trade?"\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
She said to me "I'm a weaver's maid."\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
\\
"Say, my little miss, won't you marry me?",\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
"A soldier's wife then you would be."\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
\\
"Yes, kind sir, I will marry you;"\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
"A soldier's wife then I will be."\\
Heigho, heigho, heigho, heigho.\\
\\
++
    *//(unknown)//

The melody and opening lyrics are quite similar to //Buffalo Gals//, which was first published by Cool White (John Hodges), a blackface minstrel with the Virginia Serenaders, in 1844 as //Lubly Fan//. The melody is similar to //Im Grunewald, im Grunewald ist Holzauktion//, a music hall song from Germany.