Careless Love- Miss Sloan (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[Single stanza with chorus and music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/3664).
R. Matteson 2014]
Careless Love- sung by Miss Sloan of Barbourville, Kentucky on 9 May, 1917.
Papa, papa, build me a boat
Papa, papa, build me a boat
Across the water I may float.
CHORUS: Love, O love, O careless love
Love, O love, O careless love,
It's hard to love and can't be loved.