Oh, My Darling Clementine (USA)

Oh, My Darling Clementine
USA (California ca.1849)
earliest date: 1863 (Ballad Index)
adaption, arrangement and typesetting by Klaus Stezenbach ©2006 www.kstez.de
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2. Light she was and like a fairy, and her shoes were number nine,
herring boxes without topses sandals were for Clementine.
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling...
3. Drove she ducklings 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...
4. Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles mighty fine,
but, alas, she was no swimmer, so I lost my Clementine.
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling...
5. Then the miner, forty-niner, soon began to peak and pine,
thought he ought to join his daughter, now he's with his Clementine.
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling...
6. In my dreams she still doth haunt me, robed in garments, soaked in brine,
though in life I used to hug her, now she's dead, I draw the line.
Oh, my darling, oh, my darling...
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