Ballad Of Geraldine Lyrics - 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'. 

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