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', here just about dawnin'

When the sun began to shine

You know she would rouse up, wake all of them cows up

And walk 'em down to her daddy's mine

I took the foot bridge, way 'cross the water

Though she weighed two ninety-nine

The old bridge trembled and disassembled

(Oops!) Dumped her into the foamy brine

Hey, it cracked like thunder (Ho, ho)

You know she went under (Ho, ho)

Blowin' bubbles *bubble sound* down the line

Hey, I'm no swimmer, but were she slimmer

I might'a saved that Clementine

(Ho) She broke the record, way under water

I thought that she was doin' fine

I wasn't nervous, not until the service

That they held for Clementine

Hey you, sailor (Ho, ho) way out in your whaler

With your harpoon and 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!