Song 24 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors · Song 28 in Ukulele for Beginners

Clementine

Also known as: Oh My Darling, Clementine

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For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.

Slow (70% speed) (0:48)
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For Ukulele for Beginners.

Slow (70% speed) (0:47)
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Normal speed (0:34)
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Play-along (0:34)
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In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner, fortyniner,
And his daughter Clementine.
Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine!
Thou art lost and gone for ever, Dreadful sorry, 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
Ev’ry morning, just at nine;
Hit her foot against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.
Saw her lips above the water
Blowing bubbles mighty 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 (published 1884); tune related to H. S. Thompson's "Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden" (1863)
Words: Percy Montrose (published 1884)
First published: 1884 (Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston); this form as printed in The Oxford Song Book (1916)
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.