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Thread #51349   Message #782599
Posted By: masato sakurai
12-Sep-02 - 09:13 PM
Thread Name: Origins/Lyrics: Oh, My Darling Clementine
Subject: Lyr Add: CLEMENTINE (Barker Bradford)
There's a sheet music of another "Clementine" (New York: Woodward, Willis, 1885) written by Barker Bradford at Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885.

CLEMENTINE
Barker Bradford

1. In the centre of a golden valley
Dwelt a maiden all divine
A pretty creature a miner's daughter
And her name was Clementine.
Her noble father was the foreman
Of ev'ry valued mine,
And ev'ry miner and ranchman
Was a brother to Clementine

CHORUS:
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
My darling Clementine,
You are lost for me for ever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

2. The forman [sic] miner, an old forty niner
In dreams and thoughts sublime
Lived comfort with his daughter
His pretty child Clementine.
When far away he would often pray
That in his sunny clime
No harm might overtake her
His favorite nugget Clementine

3. When the day was done and the setting sun
Its rays they ceased to shine
Homeward came the brawney [sic] miner
To caress his Clementine
None was nearer, none was dearer
Since the days of forty-nine
When in youth he had another
Who was then his Clementine

4. She led her ducks down to the river
The weather it was fine
Stubbed her toe against a sliver
Fell into the raging brine
He heard her calling calling father
Her voice was like a chime
But alas he was no swimmer
So he lost his Clementine

~Masato