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Collected by Lew Hobson and Zane Hankins Sung by Teddy Souter
For M. C. Parler Spring Hill, Louisiana
Transcribed by Zane Hankins January 12, 1960
Reel 342, Item 28
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.
Careless Love