Careless Love - McFarland & Gardner (KY) 1926 REC
[From Vocalion 5125, recorded in NYC. Mac and Bob met at the Kentucky School of the blind in 1915. This version is dominated with stanzas from 7A Sailor Boy. This has been covered by a number of versions including ones by Puckett and Stoneman.
R. Matteson 2017]
Careless Love- sung Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner of on October 16, 1926.
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Love, oh love, how can it be?
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
To love someone who don't love me.
Captain, captain tell me true,
Captain, captain tell me true,
Captain, captain tell me true,
Does little Willie stay with you?
No, oh no, he's not with me,
No, oh no, he's not with me,
No, oh no, he's not with me,
He got drowned in the deep blue sea.
Love, oh love, oh love divine,
Love, oh love, oh love divine,
Love, oh love, oh love divine,
To see and know you'll never be mine.
Tell that captain as he passes,
Tell that captain as he passes,
Tell that captain as he passes,
Tell him I found little Willie at last.
Mama, mama, yonder he goes,
Mama, mama, yonder he goes,
Mama, mama, yonder he goes,
With a stetson hat and a suit of clothes.
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Love, oh love, how can it be?
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
To love someone who don't love me.