[Intro]

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine

[Verse 1]

In a canyon, in a cavern

Excavating for a mine

Dwelt a miner, forty-niner

And his daughter Clementine

[Chorus]

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine

[Verse 2]

Light, she was, and like a feather

And her shoes were number nine

Herring boxes without topses

Sandals were for Clementine

[Chorus]

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine

[Verse 3]

Drove she ducklings to the water

Every morning just at nine

Hit her foot upon a splinter

Fell into the foaming brine

[Chorus]

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine

[Verse 4]

Ruby lips above the waters

Blowing bubbles, soft and fine

Alas for me, I am no swimmer

So I lost my Clementine

[Chorus]

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine

[Verse 5]

When the miner, forty-niner

He began to pique and pine

He thought he ought to join his daughter

Now he's with his Clementine

[Chorus]

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine

[Verse 6]

In a canyon, in a churchyard

Where the myrtle doth entwine

There grow rosies and other posies

Fertilized by Clementine

[Chorus]

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine

[Verse 7]

In my dreams, she still doth haunt me

Dressed in garments, soaked in brine

While in life, I used to hug her

Now she's dead, I draw the line

[Chorus]

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine

Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'

Oh, my darlin' Clementine

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, I'm so sorry, Clementine