Down from Dover Lyrics by Dolly Parton

0:24I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret

0:28I have tried concealing

0:33When he left he promised me he'd be back

0:37By the time it was revealing

0:44The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow

0:47Over the fields of clover

0:53And time is running out for me I wish

0:56That he would hurry down from Dover

1:03He's been gone so long

1:05When he left the snow was deep upon the ground

1:12And I have seen a spring and summer pass

1:16And now the leaves are turning brown

1:22And any time a tiny face will show itself

1:26'Cause waiting's almost over

1:32But I won't have a name to give it

1:35If he doesn't hurry down from Dover

1:42From Dover

1:47From Dover

1:52My folks weren't understanding when they found out

1:56They sent me from the home place

2:02My daddy said if folks found out

2:05He'd be ashamed to ever show his face

2:12My mamma said I was a fool

2:15She did not believe it when I told her

2:22Mamma everything would be all right

2:25Soon he will be coming down from Dover

2:32I found a place to stay out

2:34On a farm takin' care of that old lady

2:42She never asked me nothin'

2:44So I never talked to her about my baby

2:51I sent a messgae to my mom

2:54With a name and address of Miss. Ol' Grover

3:01And to make sure he got that information

3:05When he came down from Dover

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3:21I loved him more than anything

3:23And I could not refuse him when he needed me

3:31He was the only one I'd loved

3:33And I just can't believe that he was using me

3:40He wouldn't leave me here like this

3:43I know it can't be so, it can't be over

3:50He wouldn't make me go through this alone

3:54He'll be coming down from Dover

4:00My body aches the time is here

4:03It's lonely in this place where I'm lying

4:10Our baby has been born but something's wrong

4:14It's too still I hear no crying

4:20I guess in some strange way she knew

4:23She'd never have a father's arms to hold her

4:30So dying was her way of telling me

4:34He wasn't coming down from Dover

4:43From Dover (Dover)

4:48From Dover

4:57Down from Dover

5:01♪