Down From Dover

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I know this dress I'm wearing
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Doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing
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When he left he promised me that he'd be back
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By the time it was revealing
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The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow
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O'er the fields of clover
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And time is running out for me
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I wish that he would hurry down from Dover

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He's been gone so long when he left
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The snow was deep upon the ground
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And I have seen a spring and summer pass
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And now the leaves are turning brown
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And any time a tiny face will show itself
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Cause waiting's almost over
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But I won't have a name to give it
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If he doesn't hurry down from Dover

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My folks weren't understanding when they found out
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They sent me from the home place
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My daddy said if folks found out
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He'd be ashamed to ever show his face
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My momma said I was a fool
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And she did not believe it when I told her
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Momma everythings gonna be alright
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Soon he would be coming down from Dover

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I found a place to stay out on a farm
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Takin care of an old lady
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She never asked me nothin
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So I never talked to her about my baby
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I send a message to my mom
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With a name an address of Mrs. Elma Grover
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And to make sure he got that information
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When he came down from Dover

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I loved him more than anything
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And I could not refuse him when he needed me
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He was the only one I'd loved
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And I just can't believe that he was using me
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He couldn't leave me here like this
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I know it can't be so it can't be over
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He wouldn't make me go through this alone
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He'll be coming down from Dover

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My body aches the time is here
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It's lonely in this place where I'm lyin'
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Our baby has been born but something's wrong
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It's much too still I hear no cryin'
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I guess in some strange way she knew
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She'd never have a father's arms to hold her
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And dying was her way of telling me
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He wasn't coming down from Dover