i think the song careless love has been coppywrited by evreyboddy in the music bisnis. like what you say on this mutkap fred there has been listings of it in all the writers and colekters have poot new meanings of the songs wirds. there is no comfirm who wrote this song atall. abunsh of time was writen with the same tune was first pictup by foster and alin an irish band from dublan who were influinst by amerikin folk music. i donot no if they wrote it but they first recorded it.