Chorus:
Oh my darlin', oh my darlin'
Oh my darlin Clementine
You are lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry Clementine
In a cavern, in 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
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine
Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles soft and fine
But alas, I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine
Came a Boy Scout, to the rescue
With a tiny bit of twine
Tied a loop around a post hole
Threw it to my Clementine
In a corner, in a church yard
Where the myrtle bogs entwine
Grow the roses, in their poses
Fertilized by Clementine
Now you Boy Scouts learn the moral
Of this tragic tale of mine
Artificial respiration
Would have saved my Clementine
How I missed her, how I missed her
How I missed my Clementine
Then I kissed my little sister
And forgot about my Clementine