Good Lovelies - Clementine Lyrics
In a cavern, in a canyon,Excavating for a mine,Lived a miner forty-ninerAnd his daughter, ClementineChorus:Oh, my darlin', oh my darlin',Oh my darlin', Clementine!You were lost and gone forever,Dreadful sorry, Clementine!Light she was and like a fairyAnd her shoes were number nine.Herring boxes without topsessandals were for clementine.Chorus...Drove she ducklings to the waterEvery morning, just at nine.Hit her foot against a splinter,Fell into the foaming brine.Chorus...Ruby lips above the waterBlowing bubbles, soft and fine,But alas, I was no swimmerSo I lost my Clementine.Chorus...When the miner, forty-niner,Soon began to peak and pineThought he oughta join his daughter,Now he's with his Clementine.Chorus...In the corner, of the churchyard,Where the myrtle bows and twines,Grow the roses in their poses,Fertilized by Clementine.Chorus...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'll draw the line.Chorus...How I miss her, how I miss her,How I miss my Clementine!So I kiss her little sister...And forgot my ClementineChorus...Chorus...
