Clementine Lyrics - Definitive Pop: Bobby Darin - 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 began 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) you know she went under 

(Ho, ho) blowin' bubbles 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 your 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 

Bye