In a cavern, in a canyon

"Clementine"

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

Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine!
Though are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Light she was, and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxers without topses
Sandals were for Clementine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine!
Though are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Drove the ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine!
Though are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Saw her lips above the water
Blowing bubbles mighty fine,
But, alas! I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine!
Though are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

How I missed her, how I missed her,
how I missed my Clementine.
But I kissed her little sister
And forgot my Clementine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine!
Though are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Now my boys should take the moral
Of this little song of mine:
Artificial respiration
Would have save my Clementine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine!
Though are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.

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