Careless Love- Mrs. Relaford (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[From: Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/9/2723). begins with a stanza of 7A Sailor Boy. The repeated line is two lines instead of three.
Cf. Careless Love - Miss Sloan of Barbourville, Kentucky (only one stanza and chorus)
R. Matteson 2017]
Careless Love- sung by Mrs. Relaford of Barbourville, Kentucky on 9 May, 1917. Collector: Sharp, Cecil J.
Papa, papa, build me a boat
Papa, papa, build me a boat
Across the water I will float.
CHORUS: Love, O love, O careless love
Love, O love, O careless love,
It's hard to love and can't be loved.
I'm going to Tennessee
I'm going to Tennessee
To see that girl that cannot see me.
CHORUS: Love, O love, O careless love
Love, O love, O careless love,
It's hard to love and can't be loved.
Mama, mama, hold your tongue,
Mama, mama, hold your tongue,
You loved the little boys when you were young
CHORUS: Love, O love, O careless love
Love, O love, O careless love,
It's hard to love and can't be loved.
Now I wear my apron pinned,
Now I wear my apron pinned,
They pass the door and won't come in.
CHORUS: Love, O love, O careless love
Love, O love, O careless love,
It's hard to love and can't be loved.
When I wore my apron low,
When I wore my apron low,
They'd followed me through rain and snow.
CHORUS: Love, O love, O careless love
Love, O love, O careless love,
It's hard to love and can't be loved.