I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide
the secret I have tried concealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be
back by the time it was revealing
The sun behind the cloud just cast a crawling
shadow over the fields of clover
And time is running out for me,
I wish that he would hurry down from
Dover
He has been gone so long,
when he left the snow was deep on the ground
And I have seen a spring and summer pass,
and now the leaves are turning brown
At any time a tiny face will show itself as waiting,
it's almost over
But I won't have a name to give it if
he doesn't hurry down from
Dover
My folks weren't understanding when they found
out they sent me from the home place
My daddy said if folks found out he'd
be ashamed to ever show his face
My mama said I was a fool,
and she did not believe it when I told her
That everything would be alright,
cause soon he would be coming down from
Dover
I loved him more than anything,
and I could not refuse him when he needed me.
He was the only one I'd loved,
and I just can't believe that he was using me.
He couldn't leave me here like this,
I know it can't be so, it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this alone,
or he'll be coming down from
Dover
My body aches, the time is near,
It's lonely in this place where I'm lying.
Our baby has been born,
but something's wrong,
It's much too still, I hear no crying.
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd
never have a father's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me
he wasn't coming down from
Dover
From
Dover,
From
Dover