CLEMENTINE
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- Song Title
- CLEMENTINE
- Writers
- Publisher
- FOLKWAYS MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC. (BMI)
- % Publisher Controls
- 100%
- Territory Controlled
- WORLD
- Themes/Keywords
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1950's, Darling, Daughter, Missing Someone, Water
- Lyrics
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In a cavern in a canyon
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner “Forty Niner”,
And his daughter Clementine.
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O my darling, o my darling,
O my darling Clementine
You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxes without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.
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Drove she ducklings through the water,
Ev’ry morning just at nine,
Stubbed her toe upon a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.
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Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles clear and far,
But alas I was no swimmer,
Bon voyage, my Clementine.
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There’s a churchyard on the hillside,
Where the flowers bloom and twine,
There grow roses ‘mid the posies,
Nourished by my Clementine.
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How I missed her, how I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
So I kissed her little sister,
And forgot my Clementine.
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