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Thread #2777   Message #2203634
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
27-Nov-07 - 09:38 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Goodbye Liza Jane
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Goodbye Liza Jane
Listen to Goodbye, Liza Jane, W. P. Detherow, Arkansas, 1952; Wolf Collection.
Goodbye Liza Jane

Twenty versions at Digital Library of Appalachia:
Appalachia
Just type Liza Jane in Quick Search and find over an hour of great music.

It is possible that the Ada de Lachau composition was based on a tune similar to some of these. The chorus of some has much the same structure, starting with that 'Oh' or 'Ho' Eliza sound. Of course her version may have influenced those recorded here, but it could be the other way around.

For the old fiddle tune, listen to the excellent fiddle playing of Emma Lee Dickerson of Kentucky. Scroll down to 14. Great!

Joe Caudill on No. 17 has a good fast dance version.