Down from Dover

I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing When he left, he promised me that he'd be back By the time it was revealing The sun behind the cloud just casts the crawling shadow Over the fields of clover And time is running out for me, I wish That he would hurry down from Dover I've been gone so long When I left, the snow was deep upon the ground She has seen a spring and summer coming Now the leaves are turning brown And any time a tiny phase will show itself The waiting's almost over But she won't have a name to give it If I don't hurry down from Dover My folks weren't understanding, when they found out They sent me from the home place My daddy said if folks found out He'd be ashamed to ever show his face My mama said I was a fool She did not believe it when I told her That everything would be all right Soon he will be coming down from Dover She loved me more than anything She could not refuse me when I needed her She was the only one I loved and She did not believe that I was using her He couldn't leave me here like this So know it can't be so, it can't be over I wouldn't let her go through this alone No, I'll be coming down from Dover And my body aches, the time is here It's lonely in this place where I'm lying Our baby has been born, but something's wrong It's much too still, I hear no crying I guess in some strange way She knew she'd never have a father's arm to hold her And that was a way of telling me He wasn't coming down from Dover