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Thread #51349   Message #781823
Posted By: songs2play
12-Sep-02 - 03:43 AM
Thread Name: Origins/Lyrics: Oh, My Darling Clementine
Subject: Lyr Add: OH, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
The one I heard is - (but could be mistaken).

In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, and his daughter Clementine.

CHORUS: Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling, Clementine!
Thou art 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. CHORUS

Drove she ducklings to the water ev'ry morning just at nine.
Hit her foot against a splinter, fell into the foaming brine. CHORUS

Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer, so I lost my Clementine. CHORUS

How I missed her! How I missed her! How I missed my Clementine!
But I kissed her little sister. I forgot my Clementine. CHORUS

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