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LIZA JANE [5]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Tennessee, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A variant of "Liza Jane (4)." Titon (2001) writes that Davenport's "Liza Jane" demonstrates considerable African influences with its strong syncopation. He notes the title was a popular one in the lists of tunes played at the Berea, Kentucky, fiddle contests during the second decade of the 20th century.

Source for notated version: Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky.), who learned the tune from his father Will Davenport, a Tennessee fiddler [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 145. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 94, p. 123.

Recorded sources: Berea College Appalachian Center AC002, Clyde Davenport - "Puncheon Camps " (1992).

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