Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie

Subject: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: annamill
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 12:08 AM

Hi, I thought this was part of one of the many versions of "Easy Rider", "CC Rider", Etc. but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

If not part of CC Rider, can anyone tell me what song it is from?

I thought it was something like:

Look what you done done, *****, now my apron strings won't tie.

Thank you in advance.

Annamill

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: Peace
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 12:10 AM

"Careless Love"
^^
Love, oh love oh careless love (3x)
See what careless love has done to me

When my apron strings were long
You passed my window with a song

Now, my apron strings won't tie
You pass my cabin door right by.

What oh what will mother say
When I come home in the family way

She'll tear and bite her tongue
Cause she did the same when she was young

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: annamill
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 12:15 AM

ahhhh..careless love!! great song. Thank you, Brucie. I remember now. Getting old sucks. Of course, its better than the alternative, I guess.

Annamill

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: Peace
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 12:22 AM

Tell me about it. I just saw this thread for what I thought was the first time. LOL. Glad to have been of assistance.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: Joybell
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 01:17 AM

Ah! but the apron string problem can't hurt you. Mind you, tight clothing is not a problem only caused by pregnancy. Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: cobber
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 01:40 AM

I sing a slightly different version but I don't know where it comes from.

Once I wore my apron low
You followed me through rain and snow

Now my apron strings don't meet
You pass me by on the other side of the street

I miss my mother and my father too
I left them all when I followed you
cheers
John

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: Leadfingers
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 06:56 AM

I have enquired in the past with no success about the MELODY to Careless Love and Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (Thyme it is a precious thing) Did someone think that W C Handy's tune fitted the Trad song better than the original , or did W C Handy 'borrow' the old tune ??

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: HiHo_Silver
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 03:40 PM

Search DT "A Soldier Boy" for a similar song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: robomatic
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 04:28 PM

My town put out an album of songs for the US Bicentennial. One of the songs was about "Ramble Away". There's a thread on a similar song:

Ramble Away

containing a referenct to apron strings with the feature that concerns you.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: Stewie
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 05:54 PM

It occurs also in the Wallin version of 'Love has brought me to despair': CLICK HERE.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: Joybell
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 06:08 PM

It occurs in many (more often than not actually) versions of the "Died for Love" family of songs. It was an extremely popular image. Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Now my apron strings don't tie
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 07:45 PM

Exactly. People often make the mistake of assuming that, just because songs share the odd verse, they "must" be related or even "versions" of each other. Not so. This particular "floating" verse is so common that its appearance in a song isn't really evidence of anything much.