clementine

In a cavern down by a canyonExcavatin' for a mineA-there lived a miner from North CarolinaAnd his daughter chubby Clementine
N'every mornin', hey just about dawnin'A'when the sun BEGAN to shineYou know she would rouse up wake all a them cows upAnd walk 'em down to her Daddy's mine
She took the foot bridge way 'cross the waterThough she weighed two-ninety nineThe old bridge trembled and disassembled(Oops!) dumped her into the foamy brine
Hey, crackle like thunder, (ho, ho) you know she went under(ho, ho) blowin bubbles down the lineHey, I'm no swimm'a but were she slimm'aI might'a saved that Clementine
(Hey) broke the record way under waterI thought that she was doin' fineI wasn't nervous until the serviceThat they held for Clementine
Hey you sailor (ho, ho) way out in your whalerWith a harpoon your trusty lineIf she shows now, yeah, there she blows nowIt just may be chunky Clementine
(One more time)Oh my darlin', oh my darlin', oh my darlin'Oh my darlin' , oh my darlin' sweet ClementineYou may be goneBut!You're not forgotten,Fare thee wellSo long ClementineBye!