Careless Love- Martin & Roberts (KY) 1934 REC
[From the Asa Martin and James Robert recording issued on Melotone 5-11-63 and Oriole 5-11-63 [as by "Martin & Roberts"]) James Roberts was fiddler Doc Roberts' son.
R. Matteson 2017]
"Careless Love" by Asa Martin, James Roberts recorded on 8-29-34.
[freight train sounds]
Two old freight trains side by side,
Two old freight trains side by side,
Two old freight trains side by side,
Don't know which one I want to ride.
Used to be a brakeman on a train, [3x]
But now I'm wearing a ball and chain.
[solo]
See what careless love will do, [3x]
Make you hate your mama and papa too.
When I had money she would go, [3x]
Follow me through the hail and snow.
But now money's spent and gone,[3x]
And I'm just a hobo traveling on.
Love, oh love, oh love divine,
Love, oh love, oh love divine,
You broke the heart of many a poor boy
But you'll never break this heart of mine.