Ballad of Geraldine

Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine With hair coal black as a raven I travelled my life without a care Ah, but all my love I was savin' Oh, the winds blew high and the trees did sway Not much from life was I askin' 'Tll I met someone to give all my love All my love, so long an' lasting Oh, good were the parts we played in our game And a long ways off was tomorrow But my love was a rambler and restless as the sea And in the tide came sorrow Oh, a child of the night is goin' to be born I can't explain my confusion Is my love thinkin' to marry me at all Or of the freedom he thinks he'll be losin'? I sit with my friends in the gay crowded room My friends, they're smokin' and a-talkin' But it all seems so empty, my love is not there So I'll go into the streets a-walkin' My baby is a-growin', as a-growin' it must If I were to lose it, it would grieve me My love is so helpless and I'm wonderin' what to do Oh, how I yearn to help him Oh, we could go to the land of your choice Where the false shame won't come knockin' at our door I've a feeling in my heart and it's crushing all my hopes I think I'm gonna be hurt some more Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine With hair coal black as a raven I travelled my life without a care Ah, but all my love I was savin'