Oh my darling, oh my darling. 
Oh my darling, Clementine,
You were lost and gone forever, 
dreadful sorry, 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 were lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Light she was and like a feather, and her shoes were number nine.
Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Clementine

Oh my darling, oh my darling. 
Oh my darling, Clementine,
You were lost and gone forever, 
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Drove she horses to the water, every morning just at nine.
Hit her foot against a splinter, fell into the foaming brine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling. 
Oh my darling, Clementine,
You were lost and gone forever, 
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles soft and fine.
But alas, I was no swimmer, so I lost my Clementine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling. 
Oh my darling, Clementine,
You were lost and gone forever, 
dreadful sorry, Clementine