Down from Dover

[00:12.53] I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret
[00:15.07] I have tried concealing
[00:20.55] When he left, he promised me that he'd be back
[00:23.22] By the time it was revealing
[00:29.02] The sun behind the cloud just casts the crawling shadow
[00:32.98] Over the fields of clover
[00:38.29] And time is running out for me, I wish
[00:41.20] That he would hurry down from Dover
[00:46.83] I've been gone so long
[00:49.26] When I left, the snow was deep upon the ground
[00:55.76] She has seen a spring and summer coming
[00:58.19] Now the leaves are turning brown
[01:04.72] And any time a tiny phase will show itself
[01:08.28] The waiting's almost over
[01:13.18] But she won't have a name to give it
[01:16.36] If I don't hurry down from Dover
[01:22.63] My folks weren't understanding, when they found out
[01:26.33] They sent me from the home place
[01:31.64] My daddy said if folks found out
[01:34.27] He'd be ashamed to ever show his face
[01:40.35] My mama said I was a fool
[01:42.59] She did not believe it when I told her
[01:49.38] That everything would be all right
[01:51.63] Soon he will be coming down from Dover
[02:02.86] She loved me more than anything
[02:04.80] She could not refuse me when I needed her
[02:10.77] She was the only one I loved and
[02:14.69] She did not believe that I was using her
[02:20.31] He couldn't leave me here like this
[02:22.77] So know it can't be so, it can't be over
[02:28.90] I wouldn't let her go through this alone
[02:32.65] No, I'll be coming down from Dover
[02:39.34] And my body aches, the time is here
[02:40.85] It's lonely in this place where I'm lying
[02:46.97] Our baby has been born, but something's wrong
[02:50.37] It's much too still, I hear no crying
[02:55.64] I guess in some strange way
[02:58.37] She knew she'd never have a father's arm to hold her
[03:04.67] And that was a way of telling me
[03:08.28] He wasn't coming down from Dover
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