in a cavern down by a canyon
excavatin' for a mine
there lived a miner from north carolina
and his daughter
chubby clementine. now every mornin'
just about dawnin'
a'when the sun begins to shine
you know she would rouse up
wake all a dem cows up
and walk 'em down to her daddy's mine. a'took the foot bridge
way 'cross the water
though she weighed two-ninety nine. the old bridge trembled and disassembled
dumped her into the foamy brine. hey
crackle like thunder
she went under
blowin bubbles down the line. hey
i'm no swimm'a but were she slimm'a
i might'a saved that clementine. broke the record
way under water
i thought that she was doin' fine. i wasn't nervous ya until the service
that they held for clementine. hey you sailor way out in your whaler
with a harpoon
your trusty line. if she shows now
yo
there she blows now
it just may be chunky clementine. oh my darlin'
oh my darlin'
oh my darlin'
oh my darlin'
oh my darlin' sweet clementine
you may be gone
but!
you're not forgotten
fare thee well
so long
clementine
bye!