Clementine
Lyrics:Woody Harris Music:Woody Harris
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
Yeah … just about dawnin
When the sun
Began to shine
You know she would rouse up
Wake all-a-dem cows up
And … walk em down to her Daddys mine.
I took the footbridge
Way cross the water
Though she weighed
Two ninety-nine
The old bridge trembled
And disassembled … oops!
Dumped her into the foamy brine.
Hey … crack like thunder … hut, hut …
You know she went under … hut, hut …
Blowin' bubbles down the line
Hey! Im no swimma
But were she slimma
I mighta saved
That Clementine.
Ho … she broke the record
Way under water
I thought that she was doin fine
I wasnt nervous
Not until the service
That they held
For Clementine.
Hey … you sailor … hut, hut …
Way out in your whaler
A-with your harpoon an' your trusty line
If she shows now,yell... …
A-there she blows now!
It just may be
Chunky, Clementine.
One more time!
Oh, my darlin … oh, my darlin
Oh, my darlin … oh, my darlin
Oh, my darlin … sweet Clementine
You may be gone … but …
Youre not forgotten
Fare thee well …
So long …
Clementine …
Bye!