Five African American (Soul) Line Dances To "Just Let Me Ride" By Ms. Jody

Just Let Me Ride! DC: Kentavion Wadsworth #linedance #linedancing #linedancelessons

@And5678LineDanceClass, Sep 11, 2025

Music: "Just Let Me Ride" by Ms. Jody 

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on Southern Soul singer Ms. Jody, with a focus on her 2012 song "Just Let Me Ride".

This post showcases five YouTube videos of  African American young adults line dancing to Ms. Jody's "Let Me Ride" record. Four of these videos feature the follow the leader, single file formation. The remaining video features people dancing in the standard soul line dancing formation that consists of horizontal lines.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/information-about-queen-of-southern.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a YouTube video of Ms. Jody singing "Let Me Ride" and presents two excerpts of essays about Ms. Jody that I found in Southern Soul R&B.com but which that editor indicated were originally published in Daddy B. Nice's Album Reviews.

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Ms. Jody for her musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the the videographers and the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS

The videos in this pancocojams post are presented in no particular order. Numbers are given for referencing purposes only.

SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Just Let Us Ride



Ruboy803, Jan 18, 2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/eyVQfq-7bE4?si=wsdVXdsrygjhUfvk

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Just Let Me Ride (TNT Steppaz)

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@LineDancingWithTerressa, January 7, 2025 

Music: "Just Let Me Ride" by Ms. Jody 

https://youtube.com/shorts/anzI_6hcReU?si=w2W7u7lJ8DeZo6JD

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - Just let me rideeee😝 #dance #linedance

Chelsey Bass, Jan 30, 2025  GREENVILLE (SOUTH CAROLINA)

Music: "Just Let Me Ride" by Ms. Jody 

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5 - Just Let Me Ride

Memphis Finest 901 Line Dance Krewe, Feb 4, 2025

.Choreo: Liticia Whitten

Music: "Just Let Me Ride" by Ms. Jody 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYEsJ4Sw59Y st Let Me Ride (TNT )

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Information About The Queen Of Southern Soul Music, Ms. Jody (With A Focus On Her 2013 Dance Song "Just Let Me Ride")

 

Just Let Me Ride

Ms. Jody - Topic, Nov 8, 2014

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises

℗ 2012 Ecko Records

album Still Strokin’

Released on: 2013-01-08

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NW-DNknw-c

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This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on Southern Soul singer Ms. Jody, with a focus on her 2012 song "Just Let Me Ride".

This post showcases a YouTube video of Ms. Jody singing "Let Me Ride" and presents two excerpts of essays about Ms. Jody that I found in Southern Soul R&B.com but which that editor indicated were originally published in Daddy B. Nice's Album Reviews.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/five-african-american-soul-line-dances.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Four of these videos feature the follow the leader, single file formation. The remaining showcase video features people dancing in the standard soul line dancing formation that consists of horizontal lines.

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Ms. Jody for her musical legacy. Thanks to Daddy B. Nice for his writing and thanks to https://www.southernsoulrnb.com where I found these essays. 

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TWO EXCERPTS OF ESSAYS ABOUT SOUTHERN SOUL SINGER MS. JODY
From  https://www.southernsoulrnb.com/artistguide.cfm?aid=699 "Just Let Me Ride": Ms. Jody: The New Generation Southern Soul, March 23, 2025: Originally published in Daddy B. Nice's Album Reviews

ESSAY #1

June 26, 2021: Daddy B. Nice's Profile [of Southern Soul singer Ms Judy]
“In 2005 Dale Pickens, the brother of Vertie Joanne Delapaz (Ms. Jody), took her to her first blues show--Denise LaSalle--and the experience inspired Vertie to consider performing herself. "I can do that," she remembers thinking. That fall in 2005, a still young O. B. Buchana and his band, Total Control, were celebrating a CD Release Party in Meridian, Mississippi, just up the road from Bay Springs. Pickens knew some of the band members, and he introduced Ms. Jody to them and the band's manager, William Day.

Day was so enamored of Ms. Jody's talent that he asked her if she'd like to travel to Memphis and meet John Ward and Morris J. Williams of Ecko Records, who were also impressed, and Ecko released Ms. Jody's first album, You're My Angel, in March of 2006.

The first single from the album was a Lillie Pickens-composed song entitled, aptly enough. "Ms. Jody," and the upbeat number, although diverting, wasn't strong enough to make an impression. Soon after, however, deejays discovered a country-influenced song on the album called "I Never Take A Day Off (From Loving My Baby)."

"I Never Take A Day Off," with Ms. Jody's unaffected, Nashville-inflected vocal riffing over John Ward's solid instrumental track, sounded almost revolutionary in a soul context, and the record soon caught on across the South.

[...]

 Ms. Jody hit the scene around the same time as Nellie "Tiger" Travis, and your Daddy B. Nice remembers singling out the two of them amongst all the divas from that period as the surest bets to survive and flourish. Both had good songwriters behind them, Travis with Floyd Hamberlin and Ms. Jody with John Cummings (composer of "I Never Take A Day Off") and Ecko's extended stable of writers.

Ms. Jody and Nellie "Tiger" Travis have remained linked together at the top of the female division of the chitlin' circuit for almost two decades, like T.K. Soul and Sir Charles Jones at the top of the males.

But of the two (Nellie and Vertie), Vertie---aided and abetted by her Ecko cohorts---had her career concept down. Travis may have had a more intense triumph or two, but for quality and volume no one compares to Ms. Jody. As her first single proclaimed, she was the female version of Marvin Sease's "Mr. Jody". She was Mizzus Jody. She could cheat, lie, party, dance, cajole, prevaricate, pontificate, and oh---by the way---f-ck* like an angel, and do any of it without a whiff of self-consciousness.

And Ms. Jody's still doing it after all these years. If she hadn't filled the "Jody" vacuum and braved its minefields of cliches, someone else would have had to. But who? Who could have done it with her common-sensical demeanor and oft-times brilliance?

At her best, Ms. Jody shakes those old cliches like Raggedy Ann dolls, transforming them into universal truths as she does in her mid-career classic, "When Your Give A Damn Just Don't Give A Damn". By the end of that anthem, Ms. Jody has morphed into Every Woman's Woman, a dispenser of wisdom, equal parts confidante, psychiatrist, therapist and spiritual advisor.

 
The dominant track of her later career has been the indefatigable, rollicking and frollicking, Jody-perfect, double-entendre-ing "Just Let Me Ride," in which she "saved the horse and rode the cowboy"... And when that "(chestnut brown) cowboy left the stables, he was wearing a smile."...
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*That word is fully spelled out in that sentence.

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ESSAY #2
"About Ms. Jody: The New Generation Southern Soul

Vertie Joanne Delapaz (Ms. Jody) was born on November 10th in Chicago, Illinois. Two years after she was born, her parents--contractors in the Chicago area--returned to their former home in Bay Springs, Mississippi, about 65 miles southeast of Jackson, where they continued to live (and listen to a lot of Delta-flavored R&B around the house) through Ms. Jody's childhood.

Ecko Records in Memphis released Ms. Jody's first album, You're My Angel in March of 2006, and it immediately drew air play on legendary WMPR, Jackson, Mississippi, and other southern soul stations of the deep south.. Prominent singles from the debut included the country tune that would become one of Ms. Jody's all-time classics, "I Never Take A Day Off".

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Ms. Jody's In The Streets Again (Ecko, 2010) returned Ms. Jody to the top of the Southern Soul singles charts with the throwback-sounding, mid-tempo "The Bop," but there was little else of enduring value on the set, and the follow-up, Ms. Jody's Keepin' It Real (Ecko 2011), failed to generate much enthusiasm, gaining a rare two-star rating from Daddy B. Nice.

2011's Ms. Jody's In The House righted the ship in resounding fashion, showcasing a revitalized Ms. Jody negotiating some of the finest material since her early CD's. In actuality, the music was even better.

The centerpiece of Ms. Jody's In The House was a song that both broadened and amplified the musical virtues of Ms. Jody's signature hit, "I Never Take A Day Off." The song, recorded in both a radio version and a long, voice-over (talking) version spanning over six minutes, was ”When Your Give A Damn Just Don't Give A Damn Anymore”.

The album represented a career-defining pinnacle for Ms. Jody, with almost every selection garnering airplay and acclaim. Memorable singles included: "Southern Soul Dip," "I Did It," "I Never Knew Good Love Could Hurt So Bad," "Something I Want" (a duet with David Brinston), "Just A Little Bit Won't Get It," plus excellent covers of her own hits ("Ms. Jody's Thang Zydeco Remix") and others (Lorraine Turner's "You Lost A Fortune" and Brenda Williams' "Let Me Be The Shoulder").

Still Strokin', Ms. Jody's eighth consecutive Ecko-published CD, arrived in 2013. While not quite as strong a set as MS. JODY'S IN THE HOUSE, Still Strokin' was nevertheless a disc of very high quality, notching another series of popular radio singles, led by the propulsive "Just Let Me Ride," closely followed by the title tune, "Still Strokin'," "Another Get Drunk Party" (a remake of an early Ms. Jody tune), "Where Can I Find A Good Man," "You Didn't Appreciate What You Had When You Had It," "Good Love," and two more well-executed cover songs, "Ms Jody Don't Mind Breaking Up Somebody's Home" (from the Ann Peebles standard) and "Dance Party" (from the Quinn Golden standard).

[...]
 

A greatest-hits compilation, The Best Of Ms. Jody (Ecko 2015) was followed by I Got The Feeling (Ecko 2016), a veritable triumph. Blues Critic, in a blurb, gushed that, "At this point in time it's safe to say Ms. Jody is the "Queen Of Southern Soul Blues," and Daddy B. Nice awarded the album five stars ("southern soul heaven"), noting that:

Is there any sight in southern soul more rewarding and reassuring than Ms. Jody slipping out of her shoes and singing and dancing barefoot onstage? How lucky are we fans to have such a natural woman at the helm of our musical ship? Earthy, sexy, unfailingly scandalous yet somehow not obscene, Ms. Jody accommodates all the onstage, "grown-folks-only" shtick that LaMorris Williams and other male artists indulge in to make the audience howl--flirting, lap-dancing, grinding and rolling with a member of the opposite sex beckoned onstage for the fans' vicarious delight--and yet she endures as a country girl, humble and practical, an "every-woman" whom all women and even the "mens" can identify with.

The CD review in its entirety (as well as many other Ms. Jody album reviews) can be read in Daddy B. Nice's 21st Century Artist Guide to Ms. Jody, Tidbits #8. https://www.southernsoulrnb.com/artistguide.cfm?aid=554

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A Timeline of African American (Soul) Line Dance Records With Call Outs From 1959 To 2010 (a complete reprint of a 2025 Facebook post by Clevetta R Young)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents a timeline of African American (Soul) line dance records with call outs from 1959 to 2010.

This post is a complete reprint of a May 2025 Facebook post by Clevetta R Young.

A few selected comments from that Facebook post are also reprinted in this pancocojams post. 

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Clevetta R Young and all others who were involved in this research. Thanks also to Clevetta R Young for her involvement with Soul line dancing. Thanks to all those who recorded the songs and choreographed the dances that are listed in this time line and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Clevetta R. Young is an African American woman who is a line dance choreographer and instructor. She is also the administrator of the Houston Soul Line Dancers (H.S.L.D) Facebook page, among other Soul line dance Facebook pages.

In the conclusion of that post about timelines in those specified years for soul line dances with call outs, Clevetta R. Young encouraged people to reprint that post so that more people would be aware about this information.

I'm glad that I happened upon this Facebook post as a result of my online research into the history of African American line dancing.
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A TIMELINE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN (SOUL) LINE DANCE RECORDS WITH CALL OUTS FROM 1959 TO 2010
[a complete reprint with minor reformatting from https://www.facebook.com/groups/centerstagelinedancers/posts/9946505088748560

Clevetta R Young, Admin, May 19, 2025

"Listen up everyone, I have been asked this question alot of times, so let me break it down to ya.

This is a ** TIMELINE ** of Line Dance Records... What's a Line Dance Record people always ask? A song that is Specifically made for Line Dancing that has "CALL OUT'S" telling the people what to do in the song.

There is a difference between a Line Dance Song and Songs people make Line Dances to.

Example.. "The Bikers Shuffle" is a Line Dance Song.. It was made specifically for Line Dancing..... "The Wobble" Is a Rap Song that someone put a previous made Line Dance to.. It's Not an Official Line Dance "SONG"... Again The Wobble Just like "Cant get enough" by Tamia, The Electric Slide by Marcia Griffith are "SONG'S" someone put a "LINE DANCE" to!

Here is the TIME LINE of LINE DANCE "SONG'S" from the very 1st known Line Dance in 1959 till 2010.

Mind you, im only giving you the Time line of what year that Artist's 1st Line Dance Song was released. Because folks like myself and others such as Mixx Master Lee, Mr.C , Dj Maestro, Cupid, Meechie & Ent Distikt has numerous Line Dance Songs created after our 1st Release.

Here is the Timeline ... The Year, Name of Song and Artist

#1. 1959 - "It's Madison Time" by Ray Bryant w/ Call outs by Mr. E. Morrision

#2. 1960 - "The Madison" by Al Brown w/ Call outs by Mr. Cookie Brown

#3. 1975 - "The Bus Stop-The Original Electric Slide" by Charlie Green (Call outs by Charlie Green)

#4. 1997 - "The Cleveland Shuffle" by Big Mucci (71 North) (Call out's by Big Mucci

#5. 1998 - "The Chinese Checkers" by Mix Master Lee & Louis Lane (Call Out by Louis Lane)

#6. 2000 - "Cha Cha Slide" by Mr. C (Call Out's by Mr. C)

#7. 2006 - "The Turbo Hustle" by Dj Maestro (Call Out's by Lenora Douglas)

#8. 2006 - "The Cupid Shuffle" by Cupid (Call Out's by Cupid)

#9. 2007 - "The Down South Shuffle by R-3 (Call Out's by R-3)

#10. 2009 - "Shake Ya Tailfeather" by Demertic Allen a.k.a Meechie (Call Out's by Meechie)

#11. 2009 - "The Monkey Feet" by Pyraci (Call outs by Pyraci)

#12. 2010 - "Row Row" by Black Zack (Call Out's by Black Zack)

#13. 2010 - "Same Ole 2 Step" by Ent. Distrikt (Call outs by Ent. Distrikt)

Honorable Mentions... 1994 .. "Tootsie Roll' by 69 Boyz (Call outs 69 Boyz) ... The Tootsie Roll is actually a DANCE, BUT!!!!! In Todays Line Dance Culture it Could Also be seen as a 1 Wall (Not 4 Wall) but a 1 Wall Line Dance..

If you know of a Line Dance "SONG" with "Call Out's" before 2010 that i missed please leave The Year, The name of song, The Artist and the name of the artist who was doing the "Call Out's!!

I had to educate the difference between a Line Dance Song & Songs that people Just put a Line Dance to! and how to let people see the time line.

A lot of people do not know, when I came out with my Cleveland Shuffle Line Dance that was made in 1997 along with my song Boodie Bounce but with Boodie Bounce I didn’t put call outs to it…That before me the Last Call Out Line Dance song was The Bus Stop in 1975.

So from 1975 after the Bus Stop, till I dropped in 1997 mins you that’s a 22 year Gap there was NO OFFICIAL Line Dance Record with Call Outs… till me, and as we see After me and the popularity of my song the Cleveland Shuffle now there is a flood of Line Dance Songs with call outs …

@everyone

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1.Marie Mendes Alcazar, 2025
"Impressive, thanks for sharing!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽"

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2.Clevetta R Young (Author,Admin)
"Marie Mendes Alcazar Jackie Lilly and I talk about this often. I got this from her. I’m asking her and others to share. I want to know!! You know me 😉. History and Education are very important."

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3.Marie Mendes Alcazar, 2025
"Clevetta R Young absolutely!!"

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4. Catrina Daniel, 2025, 2025
"glad [she] recognized that durn so called wobble is not the wobble. It's Nasty Girls by Dave Bush"

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Three Contemporary Children Versions Of "Little Liza Jane" & Two Early 20th Century Source For Their Lyrics (Part IV)

Little Liza Jane

Elizabeth Mitchell - Topic, May 19, 2015

Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Little Liza Jane · Elizabeth Mitchell

You Are My Little Bird

℗ 2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

 Released on: 2006-08-29

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This is Part IV of a four part pancocojams series about the "Little Liza Jane" ("Lil' Liza Jane") song family. 

This post presents lyrics for three contemporary (20th century/21st century) children's versions of the song "Little Liza Jane".

This post also presents information about and lyrics for two early 20th century examples of those children's versions of "Little Liza Jane".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/little-liza-jane-part-i-general.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents a general overview of this song. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/some-lyrics-for-little-liza-jane-songs.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents selected comments from the online Mudcat Folk Music Forum that include examples of lyrics for "Little Liza Jane" songs 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/seven-youtube-videos-of-little-liza.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post showcases seven YouTube videos of the song "Little Liza Jane". 

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The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, socio-cultural, and entertainment

purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the unknown composers of "Little Liza Jane" songs. Thanks to the early collectors and publishers of these songs, and thanks to the performers and arrangers of "Little Liza Jane" songs. Thanks to all those who quoted in this post.
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THREE 21st CENTURY CHILDREN'S VERSIONS OF 'LITTLE LIZA JANE"   

[These examples are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.]

EXAMPLE #1
from https://genius.com/Elizabeth-mitchell-little-liza-jane-lyrics [These are the lyrics for the video that is embedded at the top of this pancocojams post.] 

LITTLE LIZA JANE

I've got a friend in Baltimore, little Liza Jane

Streetcars running by her door, little Liza Jane

Oh little Liza, little Liza Jane

Oh little Liza, little Liza Jane

 

I've got a friend in San Antone, little Liza Jane

Tumbleweeds and cactus grow, little Liza Jane

I've got a friend in Providence, little Liza Jane

Bluebird sitting on the fence, little Liza Jane

 

I've got a friend in Chicago, little Liza Jane

Walk and feel the cold winds blow, little Liza Jane

I've got a friend in Sioux falls, little Liza Jane

Where sunflowers grow so tall, little Liza Jane

 

I've got a friend in Cape Cod, little Liza Jane

Bullfrogs singing in the pond, little Liza Jane

I've got a friend in Tokyo, little Liza Jane

Springtime ume blossoms grow, little Liza Jane

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EXAMPLE #2- 
from https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=8346
 Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE LIZA JANE
From: Joe Offer
Date: 30 Dec 98 - 10:27 PM

"Well, I found this at Kididdles, which is a pretty good site for kids' lyrics...*

 

Little Liza Jane

I got a house in Baltimore,

Little Liza Jane,

Street cars running by my door,

Little Liza Jane.

 

(clap) Oh, Eliza,

Little Liza Jane,

(clap) Oh, Eliza,

Little Liza Jane.

 

Brussels carpet on my floor,

Little Liza Jane,

Silver doorplate by my door,

Little Liza Jane.

 

(clap) Oh, Eliza,

Little Liza Jane,

(clap) Oh, Eliza,

Little Liza Jane.

 

Come, my love, and be with me,

Little Liza Jane,

Let me take good care of thee,

Little Liza Jane.

 

(clap) Oh, Eliza,

Little Liza Jane,

(clap) Oh, Eliza,

Little Liza Jane."
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The word "Kididdles" is given in that comment as a hyperlink. However, the page for this song is no longer available.  

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EXAMPLE #3-LITTLE LIZA JANE
from https://nurseryrhymescollections.com/songs/little-liza-jane/ "Nursery Rhyme Collection: Little Liza Jane"

I know a girl that you don't know,

Little Liza Jane.

Way down south in Baltimore,

Little Liza Jane.

  

Oh! Little Liza, Little Liza Jane,

Oh! Little Liza, Little Liza Jane.

 

Liza Jane looks good to me,

Little Liza Jane.

Sweetest one I've ever seen,

Little Liza Jane.

 

Oh! Little Liza, Little Liza Jane,

Oh! Little Liza, Little Liza Jane.

 

Where she lives the posies grow,

Little Liza Jane.

Chickens round the kitchen door,

Little Liza Jane.

 

Oh! Little Liza, Little Liza Jane,

Oh! Little Liza, Little Liza Jane.

 

What do I care how far we roam,

Little Liza Jane.

Where she's at is home sweet home,

Little Liza Jane.

 

Oh! Little Liza, Little Liza Jane,

Oh! Little Liza, Little Liza Jane.

 

 

Traditional lyrics — public domain. Arrangement © Singalongasong Band / ClassicRocks.

 

History & Background

History & Origin

"Little Liza Jane" is a traditional American folk song that has been collected in various forms across the southern and eastern United States. Its exact origins are uncertain, though it appears to belong to the tradition of play-party songs — songs used for dancing and games in communities where instrumental music for dancing was sometimes discouraged on religious grounds.

The Baltimore setting gives the song a specific geography, though "Little Liza Jane" herself is a folk character rather than a historical person. The details of her world — posies growing where she lives, chickens round the kitchen door — are the specifics of rural American domestic life, warm and slightly idealised.

[…]

The song has been recorded by many artists across the folk, country, and children's music traditions. Its simple, joyful energy makes it immediately accessible to children while carrying enough folk warmth to hold adult attention. Our arrangement captures that energy with a lively folk production."

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1918-1919 SOURCES FOR THOSE "LITTLE LIZA JANE" LYRICS

COMMENT #1
from https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=152
Subject: Lyr Add: LI'L LIZA JANE (Countess Ada de Lachau)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 10 May 07 - 04:00 AM

 
"From The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music:

^^

LI'L LIZA JANE: Southern Dialect Song

Composed by Countess Ada de Lachau

San Francisco: Sherman, Clay & Co., 1916.

 

1. I'se got a gal an' you got none, Li'l Liza Jane.

I'se got a gal an' you got none, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

CHORUS: Ohe Liza, Li'l Liza Jane.

Ohe Liza, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

2. Come, my love, an' live with me, Li'l Liza Jane.

I will take good care uv thee, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

3. Jimmy John is layin' low, Li'l Liza Jane.

Honey, take me for you beau, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

4. Gwine ter th'ow the dice away, Li'l Liza Jane.

When yo' name the happy day, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

5. Bumble bee he out for sips, Li'l Liza Jane.

Takes mah sweetmeats from yo' lips, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

6. Liza Jane done cum ter me, Li'l Liza Jane.

Bof as happy as can be, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

7. Ev'y mawnin' when I wakes, Li'l Liza Jane.

Smell de ham an buckwheat cakes, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

8. House an' lot in Baltimo', Li'l Liza Jane.

Lots of chilluns roun' de do', Li'l Liza Jane.

 

9. Nevermo' from you I'll roam, Li'l Liza Jane.

Bestest place is home sweet home, Li'l Liza Jane.

 

[Another edition--with the same author, publisher, date, and (I think) music, but a different cover and verses--can be found at Duke University's 'Historic American Sheet Music' collection. It bears the notation "used as incidental music in the three-act comedy 'Come Out of the Kitchen' ", and has only verses 1, 6, 2, and 8 of those shown above (in that order)."

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COMMENT #2
from https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=8346

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Little Liza Jane (kids' version)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 05 Dec 07 - 10:44 PM

"Af-Am version, collected by Natalie Curtis-Burlin, published 1919.

 

Lyr. Add: 'LIZA-JANE

("Stealin' Partners," Dance-song game)

 

Come ma love an' go wid me,

   L'il 'Liza Jane

Come ma love an' go wid me,

   L'il 'Liza Jane.

 

Chorus

O Eliza (or O Miss 'Liza)

L'il 'Liza Jane

O Eliza

L'il 'Liza Jane.

 

I got a house in Baltimo',

   L'il 'Liza Jane

Street-car runs right by ma do',

   L'il 'Liza Jane

 

I got a house in Baltimo',

   L'il 'Liza Jane

Brussels carpet on* de flo'

   L'il 'Liza Jane

 

I got a house in Baltimo'

   L'il Liza Jane

Silver door-plate on* de do'

   L'il 'Liza Jane

 

"When a number of people are dancing, all join in the chorus, and sometimes "O Eliza" is shouted at the top of their lungs. As this is a dance-song, dynamics are all broad, and consist chiefly in vociferous rhythmic accentuation. "O, Miss 'Liza" is sometimes sung..."

 

on* pronounced 'ohn.'

The provenance is not stated, but it may have been a song of the Calhoun Industrial School, which in some respects was modeled on the Hampton Institute.

 

Natalie Curtis-Burlin, 1918-19, "Negro Folk-Songs, The Hampton Series, Book IV, Work and Play-songs, pp. 158-167, with score. Dover reprint, 2001.

 

This dance-song is the precurser of the New Orleans marching song "L'il Liza Jane," set into sheet music by Countess Ada de Lachau and played by Earl Fuller (recording on Red Hot Jazz)."..

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