Careless Love- W.C. Handy (KY) 1926 Folk Lyrics
[From: W.C. Handy's Blues: An Anthology: Complete Words and Music of 70 great songs by William Christopher Handy, Abbe Niles, Elliott S. Hurwitt, 2012.
The first stanza is from Little Birdie and is similar to a stanza found in Blue-Eyed Boy.
R. Matteson 2017]
Careless Love- W. C. Handy's 1926 folk lyrics
If I were a little bird
I'd fly from tree to tree;
I'd build my nest way up in the air
Where the bad boys could not bother me.
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Love, oh love, oh careless love.
You've broke the heart of a a many poor girl
But you'll never break this heart of mine.
When I wore my apron low,
When I wore my apron low,
When I wore my apron low,
He always passed right by my door.
Now I wear my apron high,
Now I wear my apron high,
Now I wear my apron high,
And he never never passes by.