Down From Dover Lyrics - Little Sparrow - Dolly Parton

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 o'er 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 

And 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 

From Dover from Dover 

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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 

Mama 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 lady 

She never asked me nothing so I never talked to her about my baby 

I sent a messgae to my mom with a name and address of Miss ol' Grover 

And 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 me 

He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was using me 

He wouldn'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 he'll be coming down from Dover 

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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 

So dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover 

From Dover from Dover down from Dover from Dover