Clementine Lyrics

Clementine lyrics

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
(Oops!) dumped
her into the foamy brine.

Hey, crackle like thunder, (ho, ho) she went
under
(ho, ho) blowin bubbles (bubble sound) down the line.
Hey, I'm no
swimm'a but were she slimm'a
I might'a saved that Clementine.

(Ho)
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 (ho, ho) 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.

(One more time)
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
(Bubble sound) Bye!