Early Blues · 1921
Careless Love
W. C. Handy / Trad.
- Key
- F
- Time
- C
- Tempo
- ♩=80
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Strophic blues — older folk source, published Handy 1921. 12-bar blues form. Standard early-blues song.
Teaching points
- 12-bar blues
- Folk-blues source
- AO3: blues folk-roots
Full score ↓Public domain
1921 first ed, PD via 95-year rule.