OH MY DARLING, CLEMENTINE
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OH MY DARLING, CLEMENTINE
OH MY DARLING, CLEMENTINE
Written By: Unknown
In a cavern, in a canyon
Excavating for a mine
Lived a miner forty-niner
And his daughter, Clementine
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Oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, 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 her ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine
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Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles soft and fine
But alas, I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine
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Then the miner, forty-niner
Soon began to peak and pine
Thought he oughta join his daughter
Now he's with his Clementine
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There's a churchyard on the hillside
Where the flowers grow and twine
There grow roses, 'mongst the posies
Fertilized by Clementine
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In my dreams she still doth haunt me
Robed in garlands soaked in brine
Though in life I used to hug her
Now she's dead, I draw the line
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Now you scouts may learn the moral
Of this little tale of mine
Artificial respiration
Would have saved my Clementine
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How I missed her, how I missed her
How I missed my Clementine
Till I kissed her little sister
And forgot my Clementine
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