Careless Love- Teddy Souter (LA) 1960 Parler C
[Fragment from Ozark Folksongs online- Reel 342, Item 28. For M. C. Parler. Collected by Lew Hobson and Zane Hankins; transcribed by Zane Hankins.
R. Matteson 2017]
Careless Love- Sung by Teddy Souter of Spring Hill, Louisiana January 12, 1960
Love, oh, love, oh, careless love,
Love, oh, love, oh, careless love,
Love, oh, love, oh, careless love,
Can't you see what love has done to me?
I love my mammy and pappy, too.
I love my mammy and pappy, tool
I love my mammy and pappy, too,
Gonna leave 'em both and go with you.
It's on this railroad bank I stand,
On this railroad bank I stand,
It's on this railroad bank I stand,
I know I'm gonna kill a railroad man.