Discover the story of the song > Delta Dawn – Skeewiff

The protagonist is talking to Delta Dawn, a woman who is still called "baby" by her father even though she is forty-one years old. People in her town think she's crazy because she walks around with a suitcase, looking for a man with dark hair. When she was younger, a man of low status promised to marry her, but it seems like he never did. The protagonist is asking Delta Dawn about the flower she is wearing and if she is meeting this mysterious man today to go to his mansion in the sky.