<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Peaceful" (1973) </Td> <Td> "Delta Dawn" (1973) </Td> <Td> "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (1973) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Peaceful" (1973) </Td> <Td> "Delta Dawn" (1973) </Td> <Td> "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (1973) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Delta Dawn" is a song written by former child rockabilly star Larry Collins and songwriter Alex Harvey, best known as a 1972 top ten country hit for Tanya Tucker and a number one hit for Helen Reddy in 1973 . </P> <P> The title character is a faded former Southern belle from Brownsville, Tennessee who, at forty - one, is obsessed to unreason with the long - ago memory of a suitor who jilted her . The song's lyrics describe how the woman regularly "walks down town with a suitcase in her hand / looking for a mysterious dark haired man" who she says will be taking her "to his mansion in the sky". </P>

Who sang delta dawn first helen reddy and tanya tucker