Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Clementine



Clementine
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In a cavern, in a canyon,  excavating for a mine,  
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Lived a miner, forty-niner, and his daughter Clementine.  
   
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Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine  
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Thou art lost and gone for ever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
   
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Light she was, and like a fairy, and her shoes were number nine,  
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Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Clementine.  
   
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Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine  
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Thou art lost and gone for ever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
   
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Walking lightly as a fairy, though her shoes were number nine,  
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Sometimes tripping, lightly skipping, lovely girl, my Clementine  
   
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Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine  
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Thou art lost and gone for ever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
   
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Drove she ducklings to the water every morning just at nine,  
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Hit her foot against a splinter, fell in to the foaming brine.  
   
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Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine  
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Thou art lost and gone for ever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
   
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Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles soft and fine,  
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But a-las, I was no swimmer, so I  lost  Clementine.  
   
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Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine  
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Thou art lost and gone for ever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
   
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In my dreams she still doth haunt me, robed in garments soaked in brine,  
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Though in life I used to  hug her, now she's dead  I draw the line!  
   
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Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine  
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Thou art lost and gone for ever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
   

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