Lyr Req: Bring My Banjo Round (Jim Connor)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bring My Banjo Round (Jim Connor)
From: GUEST,Respon' from jim connor "hisself" ( sic)
Date: 10 Mar 16 - 11:40 AM

The orig recorded song by me ( l call ) is " Goin Down To Lynchburg" [..'gonna bring my banjo round' .., (kudos to Grandpa Jones ).] which contains the verse about ...' Scrubbin in tha tub..... harder she would rub../scrub "...Etc . But some one has added more ( trad' ) verses to my ,our, ( this ) version , which was originally rec by "Richard & Jim" ( l m Jim, he is Richard Lockmiller; both H.S. buddies from Gadsden (Ala) Hi Sch.-- pickin together since c. 1954 professionally) on Folklore Rec s of London U K, in 1962 entitled ' Richard&Jim ,Sing American Folksongs" F-LEUT/5, prod. By Tom Costner; recorded by Don Sollash & Doug Dobell @ Dobell Jazz Record Shop studio, in London--77Charing Cross rd. WC2;   

Bio-info' Notes on the LP by Dick (Richard) Farina and Carolyn Hester. LP contains 14 tunes , of which " Goin'...Lynchburg" is one.

Note: front cover of album actually , only, reads " R & J" and shows ' Richard & Jim' leaning against a Paris ,France Metro subway railing; Jim holding a vintage ( c. 1870's) Dobson 5-St Banjo and Richard playing a 1941 000-41 cf Martin 6-Str flatop BrazillianRosewood guitar.

This Album is RARE.... 'nuff said, for more info contact Jim Connor on Sand Mt. Al. c. 804~ 3701631.   

www. 4 [e-mail] --   
Bless all. J Connor

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bring My Banjo Round (Jim Connor)
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Jan 14 - 08:20 AM

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See if you can reach him through his booking site. Other than the post I can't locate the song title (and you're right, that ain't it).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bring My Banjo Round (Jim Connor)
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Jan 14 - 04:32 PM

Is this the Lisa Jane song as sung by Tom Watson in the 1920's? Jim may have got inspired by this, but I think it's a different song.

Subject: Lyr Add: POOR MISS LIZA JANE
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jan 14 - 12:04 PM

Poor Miss Liza Jane

When I go a-courtin'
I'll go on the train
When I go to marry
I'll marry Liza Jane

Hey, miss Liza, po' little gal
Hey, miss Liza Jane
Hey, miss Liza, po' little gal
She died upon the train

The hardest work I ever did
Was a-brakin' on a train
The easiest work I ever did
Was a-huggin' Liza Jane

When I went to see her
She wrung her hands and cried
She swore I was the ugliest thing
That ever lived or died

I ask little Liza to marry me
What do you reckon she said
Said she would not marry me
If everybody else was dead

You can climb the cherry tree
And I will climb the rose
How I love that pretty little gal
God almighty knows

I went to see miss Liza
She's a-bendin' o'er the tub
And the more I asked her to marry me
The harder she did scrub



Lyrics from the ToneWay Project: http://toneway.com/songs/poor-miss-liza-jane#ixzz2pAQv94X7

Subject: Lyr Req: Bring My Banjo Round (Jim Connor)
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jan 14 - 11:41 AM

I don't remember the exact title of the song. The lyrics include the following line: "I went to see my gal and she's washing in the tub, the more I ask her to marry me, the harder she did scrub." It's from an early 70's recording, I believe, Jim also released "Grandma's Feather Bed" on that LP - a song later made famous by John Denver. Do anybody remember it?