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16	Oh My Darling Clementine
		Words and Music by Percy Montrose

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1 In a cavern, in a canon, Excavating for a mine. Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, And his daughter, Clementine.

2 Light she was, and like a fairy, And her shoes were number nine, Herring boxes, without topses, Sandals were for Clementine.

3 Drove she ducklings to the water, Ev’ry morning just at nine, Hit her foot against a splinterFell into the foaming brine.

4 Ruby lips above the water, Blowing bubbles, soft and fine, Alas, for me! I was no swimmer, So I lost my Clementine.

5 In a churchyard, near the canon, Where the myrtle boughs entwine, There grow roses, and other posies, Fertilized by Clementine.

6 Then the miner, forty-niner, Soon began to peak and pine, Thought he “oughter jine” his daughter, Now he’s with his Clementine.

7 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.Oh my darling, (Oh Clementine,) Oh my darling, (Oh Clementine,) Oh my darling Clementine, (Clem-Clementine,)You are