I really appreciated the historical explanation. It had never occurred to me that "Buffalo" referred to the place. So many English folk songs refer to jobs like weaving, washing, gutting fish and making nails or brooms, all considered "women's work" that I thought this was either about buffalo hide processing or native American women's clothes, based on Bob Marley's 'Buffalo Soldier' though I think that was actually about African American soldiers :-/
I really appreciated the historical explanation. It had never occurred to me that "Buffalo" referred to the place. So many English folk songs refer to jobs like weaving, washing, gutting fish and making nails or brooms, all considered "women's work" that I thought this was either about buffalo hide processing or native American women's clothes, based on Bob Marley's 'Buffalo Soldier' though I think that was actually about African American soldiers :-/