She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her baby

All the folks around Brownsville thinks she's crazy

'Cause she walks down town with a suitcase in her hand

Lookin' for her mysterious dark-haired man



Delta-a Dawn, what's that flower you have on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky-hy?



In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn

The prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on

Still a man of low degree stood by her side

Promised her he'd take her for his bri-ide



Delta-a Dawn, what's that flower you have on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky-hy?



Delta-a Dawn, what's that flower you have on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

And did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky-hy?