(Spencer Williams - William Handy - Martha Koening)

Love, oh love, oh careless love
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Oh, see what love has done to me.

(Oh sorrow, sorrow to me, my heart) to my heart
(When me and my true love have to part) we have to part
Oh mama, mama don't you cry
For I'll get another by and by.

It's made me cry, it's made me moan
It's made me cry, it's made me moan
It's made me cry, it's made me moan
It's made me leave my happy home.

--- Instrumental ---

What, oh what, will mama say (what mama say)
When she learns I've done astray (I've done astray)
I love my mama and my papa too
I'd leave them both to go with you.

Love, oh love, oh careless love
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Love, oh love, oh careless love
Oh, see what love has done to me...