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 atalkin'.

But it all seems so empty, my love is not there,
So I'll go into the streets awalkin'.
My baby is agrowin' as agrowin' 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'.