Careless Love- Mamie Pridemore (AR) 1959 Parler A
[Ozark Folksongs online- Reel 315, Item 6. Collected by M. C. Parler.
R. Matteson 2017]
Careless Love- sung by Mrs. Mamie Pridemore of Lincoln, Ark. Aug. 18, 1959. Informant commented: "I learned this when I was a child."
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
You see what careless love has done.
It's gone and broke this heart of mine,
It's gone and broke this heart of mine,
It's gone and broke this heart of mine,
It'll break that heart of yours sometime.
I cried last night and the night before,
I cried last night and the night before,
I cried last night and the night before,
Gonna cry tonight and cry no more.
How I wish that train would come,
How I wish that train would come,
How I wish that train would come,
And take me back where I came from.
I love my mama and my papa too,
I love my mama and my papa too,
I love my mama and my papa too,
I'd leave them both for loving you.
Now you see what careless love will do,
Now you see what careless love will do,
Now you see what careless love will do,
Make you kill yourself and your sweetheart too.
Love, oh love, oh careless love,
Hard to find and hard to hold.
In my grave I'd rather be,
Than to love someone who don't love me.