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• Oh my Darling, Clementine!

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• Refrain:

• Oh my darling, oh my darling,
  Oh my darling, Clementine!
  Thou art lost and gone forever
  Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
  

• Strophen:

• In a cavern, by a canyon,
  Excavating for a mine
  Dwelt a miner forty niner,
  And his daughter Clementine.
• Light she was and like a fairy,
  And her shoes were number nine,
  Herring boxes, without topses,
  Sandals were for Clementine.
• Drove she ducklings to the water
  Every morning just at nine,
  Hit her foot against a splinter,
  Fell into the foaming brine.
  
• Rosy lips above the water,
  Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
  But, alas, I was no swimmer,
  So I lost my Clementine.
• How I missed her! How I missed her,
  How I missed my Clementine,
  But I kissed her little sister,
  And forgot my Clementine.
  
• Music: Percy Montrose or Barker Bradford .
  Lyrics: Percy Montrose or Barker Bradford .
  © Musical Arrangement: Detlef Cordes.
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