Down from Dover – Dolly Parton   I know this dress I’m wearing doesn’t hide the secret I have tried concealingWhen he left he promised me he’d be back by the time it was revealingThe sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o’er the fields of cloverAnd 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 groundAnd I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brownAnd any time a tiny face will show itself cause waiting’s almost overBut I won’t have a name to give it if he doesn’t hurry down from DoverFrom Dover, from Dover My folks weren’t understanding when they found out they sent me from the homeplaceMy daddy said if folks found out he’d be ashamed to ever show his faceMy mama said I was a fool and she did not believe it when I told herMama everything’s gonna be alright cause soon he’ll be coming down from Dover I found a place to stay out on a farm taking care of that old ladyShe never asked me nothing so I never talked to her about my babyI sent a message to my mom with a name and address of Miss ol’ GroverAnd to make sure he got that information when he came down from Dover I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed meHe was the only one I’d loved and I just can’t believe that he was using meHe wouldn’t leave me here like this I know it can’t be so, it can’t be overHe 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 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 herSo dying was her way of telling me he wasn’t coming down from DoverFrom Dover from Dover down from Dover from Dover