Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You were lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine In a cavern, in a canyon Excavating for a mine Dwelt a miner forty-niner And his daughter, Clementine Yes I loved her, how I loved her Though her shoes were number nine Herring boxes, without topses Sandals were for Clementine Oh my darling, Clementine