Annotation:Liza Jane (4)

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X:1 T:Liza Jane [4] M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Viola "Mom" Ruth - Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G {A/^A/}B>G A2|{A/^A/}B>G AG/A/|d d3 (B/c/|d3) (G/A/)| {^A}B>G AG/A/|{^A/}B>G A (E/F/)|G G3 (E/F/)|G4:| |:g3 d/d/|e2d2|d/d/ d2 (B/c/|d3) (e/f/| g) g3 d/|e2d2|[G/B/][G/B/] [B,3G3]A|[B,3G3] (3d/e/f/| g g3 d/|e2d2|d/d/ d2 (B/c/|d3) (e/f/| g) g2 d|e2d2|[G/B/][G/B/] [B,2G2] A|[B,4G4]:|

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LIZA JANE [4]. AKA and see "Sally Ann (4)." American, Air and March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This version of "Liza Jane" perhaps closest to the folk-song air that is familiar to many, although there are numerous variants. Uncle Am Stuart sang the song and fiddled the tune for a Vocalion 78 RPM recording in 1924, playing at a leisurely pace. Bayard collected it from fife repertory in southwestern Pennsylvania, seemingly derived from a spiritual song known in northern West Virginia and southwestern Pa., perhaps "My Father's Gone to View That Land," "My Daddy," or one beginning "There is a happy land...". This melody is the one also familiar from the minstrel stage, and from children's songbooks of the 20th century (see also "Liza Jane (2))."

Oh, Eliza, little 'Liza Jane,
Oh, Eliza, little 'Liza Jane.

Some of Bayard's sources called the tune "Sally Ann (4)."