Careless Love- Jean Ritchie (KY) c.1928 Mudcat
[From a post by Jean Ritchie on Mudcat Discussion Forum. She dates it 1920s as sung by her family. Jean was 6 in 1928 but the song was already being sung the same way then.
R. Matteson 2017]
CARELESS LOVE- Jean Ritchie, as learned from her family in Knot County as a child.
Love, oh love, my careless love,
Love, oh love, my careless love.
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Oh look what careless love has done.
Once I wore my apron low,
Once I wore my apron low.
Once I wore my apron low,
I could not keep you from my door.
Now my apron strings won't pin,
Now my apron strings won't pin.
Now my apron strings won't pin,
You pass my door and won't come in.
I love my mama and papa, too,
I love my mama and papa, too.
I love my mama and papa, too,
I'd leave them just to go with you.
You’ve gone and broke this heart of mine,
You’ve gone and broke this heart of mine.
You’ve gone and broke this heart of mine,
It'll break that heart of yours sometime.