Blue-Eyed Boy- McDowells c. 1890s
[Similar to "All the Good Times are Past and Gone," also the Cuckoo family of songs.
R. Matteson 2014]
BLUE-EYED BOY
Oh, bring me back my blue-eyed boy,
Oh, bring him back to me;
If I could have the same one I love
How happy I should be!
'Tis hard to love and not be loved
'Tis hard to love in vain;
'Tis hard to love another's love,
And not be loved again.
My love is like a little bird
That flies from tree to tree,
And when he finds another girl
He cares no more for me.
This is as remembered by Mrs. McDowell and her husband, with slight additions and corrections by Mrs. Ella Turner, who has another stanza with the gender changed and which is not identified by the McDowells. The tune is as they all remember. This song suggests strongly "My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose," by Robert Burns.