Ballad Of Geraldine — текст песни (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`.