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'
[00:09.83]Oh
[00:10.48]I was born with the name geraldine
[00:18.31]With hair coal black as a raven
[00:25.38]I travelled my life without a care
[00:33.51]Ah
[00:33.84]But all my love I was savin'
[00:39.77]Oh
[00:40.98]The winds blew high and the trees did sway
[00:49.22]Not much from life was I askin'
[00:56.50]Till I met someone to give all my love
[01:04.56]All my love
[01:05.90]So long an' lasting
[01:11.92]Oh
[01:12.36]Good were the parts we played in our game
[01:19.99]And a long ways off was tomorrow
[01:27.34]But my love was a rambler and restless as the sea
[01:35.70]And in the tide came sorrow
[01:40.37]Oh
[01:42.79]A child of the night is goin' to be born
[01:50.97]I can't explain my confusion
[01:58.28]Is my love thinkin' to marry me at all
[02:06.25]Or of the freedom he thinks he'll be losin'
[02:13.60]I sit with my friends in the gay crowded room
[02:21.84]My friends they're smokin' and a talkin'
[02:28.98]But it all seems so empty
[02:31.40]My love is not there
[02:36.82]So I'll go into the streets a walkin'
[02:44.19]My baby is a growin' as a growin' it must
[02:52.36]If I were to lose it
[02:54.54]It would grieve me
[02:59.45]My love is so helpless and I'm wonderin' what to do
[03:07.80]Oh
[03:08.20]How I yearn to help him
[03:14.74]Oh
[03:15.19]We could go to the land of your choice
[03:22.35]Where the false shame won't come knockin' at our door
[03:29.49]I've a feeling in my heart and it's crushing all my hopes
[03:37.88]I think I'm gonna be hurt some more
[03:40.93]Oh
[03:56.59]I was born with the name geraldine
[04:04.64]With hair coal black as a raven
[04:11.68]I travelled my life without a care
[04:18.75]Ah
[04:19.66]But all my love I was savin'