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'
Till 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
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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'