Charted: 1972 Peaked at #72 Columbia -- 45588 From the album "Delta Dawn" B-Side "I Love The Way He Loves Me" Tanya Tucker was 13 at time of hit
Chorus: Delta 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-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby" All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy 'Cause, she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man
In her younger days, they called her Delta Dawn Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on Then a man of low degree stood by her side And he promised her he'd take her for his bride
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