Walk down Marva road a stranger
Threw my stone far across the bay
Sent my son to a foreign ocean,
And dreamed of my home so far away
The darkness split to see a soldier
Struck by the spinning of the beacon's light
Take your tune he said "Treat it tender
And make good use of it tonight"
Sing a love song for the first to fall
Keep singing 'til they fight no more
Tell my love I'll be waiting there
In Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
Dark and grey, cold Atlantic
Dark and grey stand the ships in line
Waiting for another tide turn
Sent to fight for one more time
Sing a love song for the first to fall
Keep singing 'til they fight no more
Tell my love I'll be waiting there
In Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
Watch the shore fade behind me
Watch the smoke from the grey ship stack
Watch the cannon and the bomb fall
And when it's done they'll bring me back
Sing a love song for the first to fall
And keep singing 'til they fight no more
Tell my love I'll be waiting there
In Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
Sing a love song for the first to fall
Keep singing 'til they fight no more
Tell my love I'll be waiting there
In Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
In Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware