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?