Down From Dover chords by Stella Parton

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Verse 1
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I know
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this dress I'm wearing
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doesn't hide the secret
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I have tried concealing
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When he left he promised me
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that he'd be back
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by the time it was revealing
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The sun behind the cloud
just cast a crawling shadow
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o the fields of clover
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And time is running out for me
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I wish that he would hurry down
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from Dover
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He's been gone so long when he left
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the snow was deep upon the ground
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And I  have seen a spring
and summer pass
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and now the leaves are turn
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ing brown
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And anytime a tiny base
will show itself
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cause waiting's almost over
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But I won't have a name to give it
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if he doesn't hurry down
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from Dover
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My folks weren't understanding
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when they found out
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they sent  me from the home place
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My daddy said if folks found out
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he'd be ashamed to ever
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show his face
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My mama said I was a fool,
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and she did not believe it when I told her
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That everything
would be all right,
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cause soon he would be coming
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down from over
I loved him more than anything
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and I could not refuse him when
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he needed me
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He was the only one I'd love
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and I   cannot believe that
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he was usin' me
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He wouldn't leave me here like this,
I know it can't be so,
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it can't be over
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He wouldn't make me
go through this alone,
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oh he'll be coming down
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from Dover
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My body aches, the time is here,
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it's lonely in this place where
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I am lying.
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Our baby has been born,
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but something's wrong,
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it's much too still, I hear no  crying.
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I guess in some strange way she knew
she'd never have a father's
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arms to hold her
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And dine was
her way of telling me
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he wasn't coming down
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from Dover
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From Dover, from
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Dover