Rejected By Eliza Jane

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Title:     Rejected By Eliza Jane
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

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 [34]sack "Ole Sour Bill"
An' git choked on "Sugar Cain."

FOOTNOTE:
[34] Sack = To reject as a lover.

[The end]
Thomas W. Talley's poem: Rejected By Eliza Jane

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