I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide theenter deleted
secret I have tried concealingenter added
When he left heenter deleted
promised me he'd be back by the time it was revealing
revealingThe sun behind a cloud just casts theenter deleted
crawling shadow o'er the fields of cloverenter added
And timeenter deleted
is running out for me I wish that he would hurryenter deleted
down from Dover

He's been gone so long when he left the snow wasenter deleted
deep upon the groundenter added
And I have seen a spring andenter deleted
summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown
And any time a tiny face will show itself causeenter deleted
waiting's almost overenter added
But I won't have a name toenter deleted
give it if he doesn't hurry down from Doverenter added
From
Dover Dover, from Dover

My folks weren't understanding when they found outenter deleted
they sent me from the homeplaceenter added
My daddy said ifenter deleted
folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face
faceMy mama said I was a fool and she did notenter deleted
believe it when I told herenter added
Mama everything's gonnaenter deleted
be alright cause soon he'll be coming down fromenter deleted
Dover

I found a place to stay out on a farm taking careenter deleted
of that old ladyenter added
She never asked me nothing so Ienter deleted
never talked to her about my babyenter added
I sent a messgae
message to my mom with a name and address of Miss ol' Grover
GroverAnd to make sure he got that informationenter deleted
when he came down from Dover

I loved him more than anything and I could notenter deleted
refuse him when he needed meenter added
He was the only oneenter deleted
I'd loved and I just can't believe that he wasenter deleted
using meenter added
He wouldn't leave me here like this Ienter deleted
know it can't be so it can't be overenter added
He wouldn'tenter deleted
make me go through this so long he'll be comingenter deleted
down from Dover

My body aches the time is here it's lonely in thisenter deleted
place where I'm a lyin'enter added
Our baby has been born butenter deleted
something's wrong it's too still I hear no cryin'
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd neverenter deleted
have a father's arms to hold herenter added
So dying was herenter deleted
way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover
From Dover Dover, from Dover, down from Dover, from Dover down from Dover from Dover