Lyrics:

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) you know she went under
(Ho, ho) blowin' bubbles down the line
Hey, I'm no swimmer but were she slimmer
I might-a saved that Clementine

Ho, broke the record, way under water
I thought that she was doin' fine
I wasn't nervous, not until the service
That they held for Clementine

Hey you sailor (ho, ho) way out in your whaler
With a harpoon and 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