Clementine

In a canyon, in a cavern

Excavating for a mine

Lived 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

Ruby lips above the water,

Blowing bubbles, soft and fine

'Las for me, 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