Title: O Happy LandAlternate title: Steal Up, Young Lady|(Steal Miss Liza
Date recorded: October 6, 1961Contributor(s): Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, AlanSubject(s):
Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street
Note: Text: "If you're going to steal at all …/ Steal my man and I'll steal yours … / You step back and pop your dress …" This dance song is similar to Lil Liza Jane, one of the oldest attested slavery songs from the pre-Civil war era (see track T979. 35).
Belongs to: New York City 10/61
About the session: The tenth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.
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