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'
A-WHEN THE SUN
BEGAN TO SHINE
A-YOU KNOW
SHE WOULD ROUSE UP
WAKE ALL O' DEM
COWS UP
AND WALK 'EM DOWN
TO HER DADDY'S MINE
I TOOK-A
THE FOOTBRIDGE
WE CROSSED THE WATER
A-THOUGH SHE WEIGHED
TWO NINETY-NINE
THE OLD BRIDGE
TREMBLED
AND DISASSEMBLED
WHOOPS
DUMPED HER
INTO THE FOAMY BRINE
HEY
CRACK A-LIKE THUNDER
HO HO
YOU KNOW
SHE WENT UNDER
HO HO
A-BLOWIN' BUBBLES
BRRRR-UP
DOWN THE LINE
HEY I'M NO SWIMMER
BUT WERE SHE SLIMMER
I MIGHTA SAVED
THAT CLEMENTINE
HEY SHE
BROKE THE RECORD
WAY UNDERWATER
I THOUGHT THAT SHE
WAS DOIN' FINE
I WASN'T NERVOUS
NOT UNTIL THE SERVICE
A-THAT THEY HELD
FOR CLEMENTINE
HEY YOU SAILOR
HO HO
WAY OUT
ON YOUR WHALER
A-WITH YOUR HARPOON
AND YOUR TRUSTY LINE-A
IF SHE SHOWS NOW
YELL
A-THERE SHE BLOWS NOW
IT JUST MAY BE
CHUNKY CLEMENTINE
ONE MORE TIME
OH MY DARLIN'
WOH MY DARLIN'
WOH MY DARLIN'
OH MY DARLIN'
OH MY DARLIN'
SWEET CLEMENTINE-A
YA MAY BE GONE
BUT YOU'RE NOT
FORGOTTEN-A
FARE THEE WELL-A
SO LONG CLEMENTINE
BRRRRAP
BYE