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 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 (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
 That everything' would be alright
 'Cause soon he would be coming down from Dover (Dover)
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 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 (Dover)
 My body aches the time is here
 It's lonely in this place where I'm a lyin'
 Our baby has been born
 But something's wrong, it's 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 (Dover)
 From Dover (Dover)
 From Dover