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 
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tried concealing
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When he left he promised me that 
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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 
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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 
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summer pass
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And now the leaves are turning 
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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 
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Dover

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My folks weren't understanding 
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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 
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face
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My momma said I was a fool
And she did not believe it when I 
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told her
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Momma everythings gonna be alright
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Soon he would be coming down from 
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Dover

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I found a place to stay out on a 
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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 
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baby
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I send a message to my mom
With a name an address of Mrs. Elma 
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Grover
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And to make sure he got that 
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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 
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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 
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was using me
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He couldn't leave me here like this
I know it can't be so it can't be 
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over
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He wouldn't make me go through 
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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 
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I'm lyin'
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Our baby has been born but 
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something's wrong
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It's much too still I hear no 
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cryin'
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I guess in some strange way she knew
She'd never have a father's arms to 
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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
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