Careless Love- Max Hunter (MO) 1969 Hunter B
[From Missouri State's Max Hunter Folk Song Collection; Cat. #0686 (MFH #112). Minor editing for spelling and punctuation. hunter was a collector and did not provide the source of this song.
R. Matteson 2017]
Careless Love - As sung by Max Hunter of Springfield, Missouri on February 9, 1969.
https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=0686
VERSE 1
Love, O love, O careless love
Love, O love, O careless love
It's love, O love O careless love
You see what love has done for me
VERSE 2
Sorrow, sorrow to my heart
Sorrow, sorrow to my heart
Sorrow, sorrow to my heart
When me an' my true love have to part
VERSE 3
It's a pity that we ever met
It's a pity that we ever met
It's a pity that we ever met
For those good times we'll never forget
VERSE 4
Now my money's spent and gone
Now my money's spent and gone
Now my money's spent and gone
You passed my door a-singin' a song
VERSE 5
O, I love my Mamma an' my Papa too
O, I love my Mamma an' my Papa too
O, I love my Mamma an' my Papa too
But I'd leave them both to go with you.
VERSE 6
O, I cried last night and the night before
O, I cried last night and the night before
O, I cried last night and the night before
Goin' to cry tonight and I'll cry no more
VERSE 7
O, ain't it enough to break my heart
O, ain't it enough to break my heart
O, ain't it enough to break my heart
To see my man with another sweetheart.
VERSE 8
O, it's done and broke this heart of mine
O, it's done and broke this heart of mine
O, it's done and broke this heart of mine
And it'll break that heart of yours some time.