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Thread #48624   Message #731065
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
16-Jun-02 - 05:24 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old Joe Clark
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: old joe clark?
A lot of songs have the meter of "Old Joe Clark-Liza Jane." One of these is known as the "The Gal From The South," which usually includes the line It includes this verse:"My Liza Jane" has these lines:Not what you want, but offered for comparison. From Newman L. White, American Negro Folk Songs. The chorus you offer is common to several versions of Old Joe Clark (in Lomax, etc.) but not with verses suggesting slavery or playing the banjo.

In Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, is the verse:

No verses in Randolph suggest slavery; this one, also from Randolph, suggests prison: No other verses with this fragment collected in 1930.