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'
Hey just about dawnin'
When the sun
began to shine
You know she
would rouse up
wake all them
cows up
And walk them down
to her Daddy's mine
And took
the foot bridge
Way 'cross the water
Though she weighed
two-ninety nine
The old bridge trembled
And disassembled
Whoops dumped her in
to the foamy brine
Hey crackle
like thunder
You know
she went under
Blowin' bubbles
Up and down the line
Hey I'm no swimmer
but were she slimmer
I might have saved
that Clementine
Oh she broke the record
hey
way under water
I thought that she
was doin' fine
I wasn't nervous
not until the service
That they held
for Clementine
Hey you sailor
Way out
in your whaler
With your harpoon
and trusty line
If she shows now
there she blows now
It just may be..
chunky Clementine
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