In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn, prettiest woman you ever have laid eyes on. Then a man of low degree stood by her side, and promised her he'd take her for his bride. 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-meetin' you here today, to take you to his mansion in the sk...y? 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. 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-meetin' you here today, to take you to his mansion in the sk...y? 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-meetin' you here today, to take you to his mansion in the sk...y?