Mythology & Folklore
Rejected by Eliza Jane
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
W'en I went 'cross de cotton patch
I give my ho'n a blow.
I thought I heared pretty Lizie say:
"Oh, yon'er come my beau!"
So: I axed pretty Lizie to marry me,
An' what d'you reckon she said?
She said she wouldn' marry me,
If ev'ybody else wus dead.
An': As I went up de new cut road,
An' she go down de lane;
Den I thought I heared somebody say:
"Good-bye, ole Lize Jane!"
Well: Jes git 'long, Lizie, my true love.
Git 'long, Miss Lizie Jane.
Perhaps you'll sack "Ole Sour Bill"
An' git choked on "Sugar Cain."
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Rejected by Eliza Jane.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/198/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Rejected by Eliza Jane.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/198/.
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