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I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealingWhen he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealingThe sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of cloverAnd time is running out for me I wish that he would hurry down from DoverHe's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep upon the groundAnd I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brownAnd any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause waiting's almost overBut I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from DoverMy folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home placeMy daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his faceMy mamma said I was a fool and she did not believe it when I told herThat everything would be all right 'cause soon he would be coming down from DoverI loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed meHe was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was using meHe couldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be so it can't be overHe wouldn't make me go through this so long, oh he'll be coming down from DoverMy 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 herAnd dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover From Letras Mania