Il testo della Oh my darling clementine

In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Lived a miner, forty-niner
And his daughter clementine

Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling clementine.
You are lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry, clementine.

Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals weren't for clementine.

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Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine.

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Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles soft and fine,
But alas, i was no swimmer,
So i lost my clementine.

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How i missed her! how i missed her!
How i missed my clementine,
Till i kissed her little sister,
And forgot my clementine.

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Then the miner, forty-niner,
Soon began to peak and pine,
Thought he oughter join his daughter,
Now he's with his clementine.

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In the church yard in the canyon
Where the myrtle doth entwine
There grows roses and other posies
Fertilized by clementine.