Down From Dover Lyrics
Down from Dover - Dolly Parton
I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing
When he left he promised me he'd be back by the time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow
O'er 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
And 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
From Dover
My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the homeplace
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
Mama everything's gonna be alright cause soon he'll be coming down
From Dover
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 wouldn'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 so long he'll be coming down from Dover
My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where
I'm a lying
Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much too still
I hear no cryin'
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms
To hold her
So dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover
From Dover from Dover from Dover from Dover