Clementine

Neil Young · Americana [2012]

In a cavern, in a canyon,

Excavating for a mine

Dwelt a miner forty niner,

And his daughter Clementine



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Oh my darling, oh my darling,

Oh my darling, Clementine!

Thou art lost and gone forever

Dreadful sorry, Clementine



Drove she ducklings to the water

Ev'ry morning just at nine,

Hit her foot against a splinter

She fell into the foaming brine.



Ruby lips above the water,

Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,

But, alas, I was no swimmer,

I couldn't save that Clementine.



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How I missed her! How I missed her,

How I missed my Clementine,

But I kissed her little sister,

Forgot my Clementine.



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