I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I've tried concealing
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When he left he promised me he'd be back by the time it was revealing
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The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of clover
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And time is running out for me, I wish that he would hurry down from Dover
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He's been gone so long, when he left the snow was deep upon the ground
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And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown
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At any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause waiting's almost over
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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 home place
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My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face
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My mamma said I was a fool, she did not believe it when I told her
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Momma, everything's gonna be all right 'cause soon he would be coming down from Dover
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I found a place to stay out on a farm takin' care of that old lady
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She never asked me nuthin' so I never talked to her about my baby
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I sent a messgae to my mom with a name and address of Ms. ol' Grover
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And to make sure he got that information when he came down from Dover
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I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed me
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He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was usin' me
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He wouldn't leave me here like this, 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, 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 lying
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Our baby has been born, but something's wrong, it's too still, I hear no crying
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I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms to hold her
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So dying was her way of tellin' me he wasn't coming down from Dover, from Dover, from Dover
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Down from Dover
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Down From Dover
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Nancy Sinatra |