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DI know this dress I'm wearing doesn't Chide the secret GI have tried Dconcealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the Ctime Git was reDvealing
The Csun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow O'er the fields of Dclover
And time Cis running out for Gme; I wish that Dhe would hurry down from Dover
and I’ve been gone so long when I left the snow was deep upon the ground
She has seen the spring and summer come and now the leaves are turning brown
Ant any time a tiny face 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 momma said I was a fool, she did not believe it when I told her
That everything would be alright for soon he would be coming down from Dover
D#She loved me more than anything, she C#could not reG#fuse me when I D#needed her
She was the only one C#I'd loved anG#d she D#did not believe that I was using her
He C#couldn't leave me here like this, Oh!, no, it can't be so, it can't D#be over
I wouldn't make me go through this alone, OhC#, I will be comG#ing down fD#rom 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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Down From Dover

by Lee Hazlewood

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D C G D

I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing

C G D

When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing

C D

The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow O'er the fields of clover

C G D

And time is running out for me; I wish that he would hurry down from Dover

and I’ve been gone so long when I left the snow was deep upon the ground

She has seen the spring and summer come and now the leaves are turning brown

Ant any time a tiny face 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 momma said I was a fool, she did not believe it when I told her

That everything would be alright for soon he would be coming down from Dover

D# C# G# D#

She loved me more than anything, she could not refuse me when I needed her

C# G# D#

She was the only one I'd loved and she did not believe that I was using her

C# D#

He couldn't leave me here like this, Oh!, no, it can't be so, it can't be over

C# G# D#

I wouldn't make me go through this alone, Oh, I will 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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