Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me- A'nt Idy (KY) 1941
[From a recording of Renfro Valley Barn Dance originating from Renfro Valley, Kentucky over Cincinnati radio station WLW on April 26, 1941.
This is an example of the an adaptation of the Carter Family version popular in the late 1930s and 40s. Changes are found in 1st stanza 1st line and 3rd stanza, 3rd line. "Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me" was sung by A'nt Idy Harper, Karl Davis and Lily Mae Ledford who were all Renfro Valley singers for John Lair.
R. Matteson 2017]
"Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me," sung by A'nt Idy (Lilly Margaret) on April 26, 1941.
[Instrumental intro]
'Tis true like a rain that has no end
It's hard to find a faithful friend
And when you find one good and true
Change not the old one fer the new.
CHORUS: Bring back my blue-eyed boy to me,
Bring back my blue-eyed boy to me,
Bring back my blue-eyed boy to me,
That I may ever happy be.
Last night my lover promised me,
He'd take me 'cross the deep blue sea,
And now he's gone and left me alone
An orphan girl without a home.
CHORUS
Must I go bound and him go free
Must I love a boy that don't love me
Or must I play the girlie's part
And love the boy that broke my heart.
CHORUS