Ballad of Geraldine - Donovan

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'

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

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'