Why, my heart, do we love her so?
(Geraldine, Geraldine!)
Why does the great sea ebb and flow? -
Why does the round world spin?
Geraldine, Geraldine, Bid me my life renew:
What is it worth unless I win, Love--love and you?
Why, my heart, when we speak her name (Geraldine, Geraldine!)
Throbs the word like a flinging flame? -
Why does the Spring begin?
Geraldine, Geraldine, Bid me indeed to be:
Open your heart, and take us in, Love--love and me.
