(Gossip) This is is how I heard it!

 

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

    

  

 

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darling Clementine
You are 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

Oh, my darlin' oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darlin' Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

 

 

(Gossip)

the rest of the story

 

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

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darlin' Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles soft and fine
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darlin' Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

 

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

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darling
Oh, my darlin' Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine

 

MIDI
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You kids [or Scouts] may learn the moral
Of this little tale of mine
Artificial respiration
 Would have saved my Clementine


Although the author and copyright status for Clementine are "unknown" 

the words and music to the original version of the song are usually attributed to Percy Montross, circa 1880

Thanks to Wayne & Angie Palmer for their assistance

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"growing enchbyench"

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