Clementine

Lyrics

Oh my darling Oh my darling Oh my darling Clementine In a cavern in a canyon Excavating for a mine Lived a miner forty-niner And his offspring, Clementine Light she was and like a fairy And her shoes were number nine Herring boxes without topses That's my chick, dear Clementine Oh my darling Oh my darling Oh my darling Clementine You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry, Clementine Drove the ducklings to the water Every morning just about nine Hit her foot on a splinter And toppled into the foaming brine, Clementine {solo} Her ruby lips above the water Blowing bubbles soft and fine But alas, I was no swimmer So I lost fair Clementine Oh my darling Oh my darling Oh my darling Clementine You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorry, Clementine In my dreams, she still does haunt me Robed in garments soaked in brine Though in life I used to squeeze her Now she's dead, poor Clementine