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 o'er the fields of clover
And the 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 show 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 it'self '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 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 so long
Oh he'll be coming down from Dover

My body aches the time is here it's
Lonely in this place where I'm lyin'
Out 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
And dying was her way of telling me
He wasn't coming down from Dover