Delta Dawn
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Delta Dawn is a pop and country song.
First recorded by actress Bette Midler for her movie The Divine Miss M, it would later become a #1 country hit for Tanya Tucker and a #1 pop hit for Helen Reddy.
The titular character is an aging (41 in the song) Southern Belle, residing in the small town of Brownsville, Tennessee (the songwriter was from the area). Each day, she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand, waiting for a suitor who "catfished" her many years ago.