In a cavern
Down by a canyon
Excavating
For a mine
There lived a miner
From North Carolina
And his daughter
Chubby Clementine
Now every morning
Yeah, just about dawning
When the sun
Began to shine
You know she would rouse up
Wake all a dem cows up
And walk them down
To her Daddy's mine
A'took the foot bridge
Way across 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
Blowing bubbles
Down the line
Hey, I'm no swimmer
But were she slimmer
I might'a saved
That Clementine
Ho, she broke the record
Way under water
I thought that she
Was doing fine
I wasn't nervous
Until the service
That they held
For Clementine
Hey you sailor
Ho, ho
Way out in your whaler
With your harpoon
In your trusty line
If she shows now
There she blows now
It just may be
Chunky Clementine
One more time
Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Sweet Clementine
You may be gone
But you're not forgotten
Fare thee well
So long, Clementine
Bye