Discover the story of the song > Delta Dawn – Tanya Tucker

The song is about a woman named Delta Dawn who is 41 years old but still called "baby" by her father and considered crazy by the people in her town. She walks around with her suitcase looking for a man she used to know named "the mysterious dark haired man". In her youth, Delta was very beautiful and had many suitors but she chose a man of low socioeconomic status who promised to marry her and take her to heaven with him. The song repeats the chorus several times and ends with the same questions posed to Delta about her flower and meeting her partner in heaven.