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.