Love, oh, love, oh careless love   Love, oh, love, oh careless love   Love, oh, love, oh careless love   You see what love has done to me      I'd love my mama and papa too   I'd love my mama and papa too   I'd love my mama and papa too   I'd leave them both to go with you      What, oh what, will mama say   What, oh what, will mama say   What, oh what, will mama say   When she learns I've gone astray      Once I wore my apron low   Once I wore my apron low   Once I wore my apron low   I couldn't scarcely keep you from my door      Now my apron strings don't pin   Now my apron strings don't pin   Now my apron strings don't pin   You pass my door and you don't come I