Li'l Liza Jane
Song dating back to the 1910s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Li'l Liza Jane", also known as "Little Liza Jane", "Liza Jane", and "Goodbye Liza Jane", is a song dating back at least to the 1910s. It has become a perennial standard both as a song and an instrumental in traditional jazz, folk music, and bluegrass, and versions have repeatedly appeared in other genres including rock and roll. Numerous scholars and musicologists have written about the song, and it is one of the standards of the New Orleans brass band tradition. Some music teachers, particularly elementary music teachers, have discontinued the use of this song due to its history in minstrel shows.