I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't

Hide the secret I've tried concealing

When he left he promised me that he'd

Be back by the time it was revealing

The sun behind the clouds has cast a

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

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 momma said I was a fool, she did not believe it when I told her

That everything would be alright

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

No he'll be coming down from Dover

My body aches, the time is near, it's

Lonely in this place where I am 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