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’ just about dawnin’
a’when the sun begins to shine
you know she would rouse up wake all a dem cows up
and walk ’em down to her daddy’s mine
a’took the foot way ‘cross the water
though she weighed twoninety nine
the old trembled and disassembled
oops dumped her into the foamy brine
hey crackle like thunder ho ho she went under
ho ho blowin bubbles bubble sound down the line
hey i’m no swimm’a but were she slimm’a
i might’a saved that clementine
ho broke the record way under water
i thought that she was doin’ fine
i wasn’t nervous ya until the service
that they held for clementine
hey you sailor ho ho way out in your whaler
with a harpoon your trusty line
if she shows now yell 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
you’re not forgotten
fare thee well
so long clementine
bubble sound bye
Artist: Bobby Darin
Year: 1960
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 118