Ballad of Geraldine

[Verse 1] 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' [Verse 2] Oh, the winds blew high and the trees did sway Not much from life was I askin' Till I met someone to give all my love All my love, so long an' lastin' [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] 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'? [Verse 5] 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' [Verse 6] 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 [Verse 7] 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 crushin' all my hope I think I'm gonna be hurt some more [Verse 1] 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'