Clementine Lyrics
CLEMENTINE<br />
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In a cavern, in a canyon,<br />
Excavating for a mine,<br />
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner<br />
And his daughter Clementine.<br />
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Oh my darling, oh my darling<br />
Oh my darling, Clementine<br />
Thou art lost and gone forever,<br />
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.<br />
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Light she was and like a fairy,<br />
And her shoes were number nine,<br />
Herring boxes without topses<br />
Sandals were for Clementine<br />
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CHORUS<br />
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Drove she ducklings to the water<br />
Every morning just at nine,<br />
Hit her foot against a splinter<br />
Fell into the foaming brine.<br />
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CHORUS<br />
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Ruby lips above the water,<br />
Blowing bubbles soft and fine,<br />
But alas, I was no swimmer,<br />
So I lost my Clementine.<br />
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CHORUS<br />
Then the miner, forty-niner<br />
Soon began to peak and pine,<br />
Thought he oughter jine he daughter,<br />
Now he's with his Clementine.<br />
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CHORUS<br />
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In my dreams she still doth haunt me,<br />
Robed in garments soaked in brine;<br />
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Though in life I used to hug her,<br />
Now she's dead, I draw the line.<br />
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A remarkable ballad developed in San Francisco toward the end of<br />
the nineteeth century. It became a favorite college song during<br />
the Reconstruction period.<br />
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Additional verses (Boy Scouts and others)RG<br />
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In a churchyard, 'neath a gravestone<br />
Where the myrtle doth entwine.<br />
There are posies, and some roses<br />
Fertilized by Clementine.<br />
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How I missed her, how I missed her<br />
How I missed my Clementine!<br />
Till I kissed her little sister<br />
And forgot my Clementine.<br />
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All you Boy Scouts, take fair warning<br />
From this dreadful tale of mine.<br />
Artificial respiration<br />
Would have saved my Clementine.<br />
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Recorded by the Weavers<br />
@love @death<br />
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