Down From Dover - Spell
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 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
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 mamma said I was a fool and
She did not believe it when I told her
That everything would be all right
'Cause soon he would be coming down from dover
I loved him more than anything and
She could not refuse him when I needed her
She was the only one I'd loved and
She just can't believe that he was using me
He couldn't leave me here like this
I know it can't be so it can't be over
I wouldn't make me go through this so long
Oh I'll be coming down from dover
My body aches the time is here it's lonely
In this place where I'm lyin'
Our baby has been born but something's wrong
It's much 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
And dying was her way of telling me
He wasn't coming down from dover
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