Goodbye Eliza Jane

DESCRIPTION: "Lookey here 'Liza, listen to me, you ain't the girl you promised to be." Disappointed that Liza "went riding with Mr. Brown," the singer declares, "Goodbye, Miss Liza, I'm going to leave you." He demands his gifts back; Mr. Brown can replace them
AUTHOR: Words: Andrew B. Sterling / Music: Harry Von Tilzer
EARLIEST DATE: 1903
KEYWORDS: courting separation betrayal
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Spaeth-ReadEmAndWeep, p. 211, "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" (partial text and tune)
Rorrer-RamblingBlues-LifeAndSongsOfCharliePoole, p. 93, "Good-bye Sweet Liza Jane" (1 text)
Roud #12403
RECORDINGS:
Peerless Quartet, "Minstrels Part 4, Goodbye Eliza Jane" (Little Wonder 343, 1916)
Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers, "Good-bye Sweet Liza Jane" (Columbia 15601-D, 1930; on CPoole03 as "Goodbye Liza Jane")
NOTES [83 words]: I couldn't believe this was a Harry von Tilzer song either. Amazing what a little Charlie Poole influence can do.
For some background on Harry von Tilzer, see the notes to "A Bird in a Gilded Cage."
Andrew B. Sterling is best known for writing the words to "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" and "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie"; also "On the Shores of Havana," "Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)," "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown (What You Goin' to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round?)," and others. - RBW
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File: SRW211

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