[00:22.23] I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing [00:32.14] When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing [00:43.13] The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of clover [00:54.19] And the time is running out for me I wish that he would hurry down from Dover [01:05.60] He's been gone so long when he left the show was deep upon the ground [01:16.24] And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown [01:27.27] And any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause waiting's almost over [01:37.57] But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from Dover [01:48.75] My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home place [01:58.84] My daddy if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face [02:10.40] My mamma said I was a fool and she did not believe it when I told her [02:20.75] That everything would be all right 'cause soon he would be coming down from Dover [02:37.52] I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse him when he needed me [02:47.64] He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe that he was using me [02:58.50] He couldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be so it can't be over [03:09.39] He wouldn't make me go through this so long, oh he'll be coming down from Dover [03:19.82] My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where I'm lyin' [03:30.70] Out baby has been born but something's wrong it's much too still I hear no cryin' [03:40.88] I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms to hold her [03:51.94] And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from Dover [04:02.05]