The Jive Aces - Clementine Lyrics

In a cavern down by a canyon
Excavatin' for a mine
Lived a miner from North Carolina
And his daughter, sweet Clementine
Every mornin', long about dawnin'
When the sun began to shine
She would rouse up, wake all o' them cows up
Lay them down to her Daddy's mine
She took the foot bridge, way 'cross the water
Though she weighed two-ninety nine
The old bridge trembled and disassembled
Dumped her into that foamy brine
Cracked like thunder, ho, ho, she went under
Blowin bubbles down the line
Hey, I'm no swimmer but were she slimmer
I might have saved that Clementine
She held the record, way under water
I thought that she was doin' fine
I wasn't nervous not 'til the service
That they held for Clementine
Hey, you sailor, way out in your whaler
With your harpoon and your trusty line
If she shows now, yell, thar she blows now
It just may be chubby Clementine
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling sweet Clementine
You are gone but not forgotten
Fare thee well
So long, Clementine"