Liza Jane

I went up on the mountain
Gave my horn a blow
Thought I heard Miss Liza say
Yonder comes my beau

I went to see miss Liza
She’s a bending or ( over ) the tub
And the more I ask her to marry me
The harder she did scrub

Hey Miss Liza
Pretty little girl
Hey miss Liza Jane
Hey Miss Liza
Pretty little girl
Riding on that train

I wish I had a candy box
To put my sweetheart in
I’d take her out and kiss her twice
And put her back again

I went up on the mountain
And plant me a patch of cane
I made a jug of molasses
For to sweeten liza Jane


I went to see miss Liza Jane
She was standing at the door
Her shoes and stockings in her hand
And her feet all over the floor

The hardest work I ever did
Was a braking on a train
The easiest work I ever did
Was a hugging liza Jane


I asked little Liza to marry me
What do you think she said?
Said she would not marry me
If everybody else was dead

I went down the new cut road
And Liza down the lane
I threw my hat in the corner of the fence
And scared poor Liza Jane