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'''LIZA JANE [4].''' American, March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A fifer's tune 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, and is a variant of "[[Liza Jane (2)]]." | '''LIZA JANE [4].''' American, Air and March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A fifer's tune 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, and is a variant of "[[Liza Jane (2)]]." | ||
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LIZA JANE [4]. American, Air and March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A fifer's tune 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, and is a variant of "Liza Jane (2)."
Oh, Eliza, little 'Liza Jane,
Oh, Eliza, little 'Liza Jane.
Source for notated version: Marion Yoders (Greene County, Pa., 1961), Lloyd Grimm (Westmoreland and Greene Counties, Pa., 1960), Hoge MS and Mount Pleasant Tablatures {two of these sources cite Charlie Cook as their source} [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 394A-D, pp. 376-377. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 97, p. 34.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Hear Uncle Am Stuart's (1853–1926) 1924 recording on youtube.com [1]