clementine

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!