CLEMENTINE

Bobby Darin

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', just about dawnin'
a'when the sun begins to shine
you know she would rouse up, wake all a dem cows up
and walk 'em down to her daddy's mine.

a'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, crackle like thunder, (ho, ho) she went under
(ho, ho) blowin bubbles (bubble sound) down the line.
hey, i'm no swimm'a but were she slimm'a
i might'a saved that clementine.

(ho) broke the record, way under water
i thought that she was doin' fine.
i wasn't nervous ya until the service
that they held for clementine.

hey you sailor (ho, ho) way out in your whaler
with a harpoon, your trusty line.
if she shows now, yo, 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



Tags:  Big Band crooner oldies swing
Tag song with: 

Copyright: These lyrics are probably copyright and this copyright should be respected. We use the lyrics as an essential part of the process of lexically analyzing and classifying song lyrics and not for any other purpose. As all the lyrics here have been contributed by members of the public as their interpretation of the work, many will not be accurate. The artist shown is often the performer, rather than the author, of the work.