Blue Eyed Boy - Frances Ries (OH) 1927 Sandburg A
[My abbreviated title. A hybrid song from Carl Sandburg's "American Sandbag," 1927 (first of two versions). His notes follow. A similar version is found in Randolph with the Blue-eyed boy and "Must I go Bound" stanza. The last stanzas are of the Careless Love form-- three identical lines with the last line rhyming to form a quatrain. See also "Ev're Night when the Sun comes in."
R. Matteson 2017]
GO BRING ME BACK MY BLUE-EYED BOY
Here too is a " sad-like " tune. . . . And the words match the tune. . . . The seventh verse is an addition by someone wanting a dash of horse sense to finish off the fatal childish romance. . . . Text A and the tune are from Frances Ries, and text B, London City, from R. W. Gordon.
Go Bring Back my Blue-Eyed Boy- sung by Frances Ries Batavia, Ohio, before 1927.
1. Go bring me back my blue-eyed boy,
Go bring my darling back to me,
Go bring me back the one I love,
And happy will I ever be.
2 Must I go bound while he goes free?
Must I love a man that don't love me?
Or must I act some childish part,
And die for the one that broke my heart?
3 Late one night when her father came home,
Inquiring where his daughter had gone,
He went upstairs and the lock he broke,
And found her hanging by a rope.
4 He drew his knife and he cut her down,
He drew his knife and he cut her down,
He drew his knife and he cut her down,
Upon her breast these words he found.
5. Go dig my grave, go dig it deep,
Go dig my grave, go dig it deep,
Go dig my grave, go dig it deep,
And plant a rose at my head and feet.
6 Upon my breast a turtle dove,
Upon my breast a turtle dove,
Upon my breast a turtle dove,
To show this world I died for love.
7 Around my grave go build a fence,
Around my grave go build a fence,
Around my grave go build a fence,
To show this world I had no sense.