Down from Dover

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 a cloud just casts the crawling shadow

Over the fields of clover

And time is running out for me I wish

That he would hurry down from Dover

He's been gone so long

When he left the snow was deep upon 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

'Cause waiting'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 mamma said I was a fool

And she did not believe it when I told her

That everything would be all right

'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

Oh, he'll be coming down from Dover

My body aches the time is here

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