{t:CLEMENTINE}
{st:Percy Montrose (1884)}
{c:3/4 time 1, 2, 3 / 1, 2, ...}
In a [F] cavern, in a canyon
Excavating for a [C7] mine
Lived a [Bb] miner forty-[F]-niner
And his [C7] daughter, Clemen-[F]-tine
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Oh, my [F] darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clemen-[C7]-tine
You are [Bb] lost and gone for-[F]-ever
Dreadful [C7] sorry, Clemen-[F]-tine
{eoc}
Light she [F] was, and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number [C7] nine,
Herring [Bb] boxes without [F] topses,
Sandals [C7] were for Clemen-[F]-tine.
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Oh, my [F] darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clemen-[C7]-tine
You are [Bb] lost and gone for-[F]-ever
Dreadful [C7] sorry, Clemen-[F]-tine
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Drove she [F] ducklings to the water,
Ev'ry morning just at [C7] nine,
Hit her [Bb] foot against a [F] splinter,
Fell in-[C7]-to the foaming [F] brine.
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{soc}
Oh, my [F] darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clemen-[C7]-tine
You are [Bb] lost and gone for-[F]-ever
Dreadful [C7] sorry, Clemen-[F]-tine
{eoc}
Ruby [F] lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles soft and [C7] fine,
But a-[Bb]-las, I was no [F] swimmer,
Neither [C7] was my Clemen-[F]-tine.
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Oh, my [F] darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clemen-[C7]-tine
You are [Bb] lost and gone for-[F]-ever
Dreadful [C7] sorry, Clemen-[F]-tine
{eoc}
In a [F] churchyard near the canyon,
Where the myrtle boughs en-[C7]-twine,
Grow the [Bb] roses in their [F] posies,
Ferti-[C7]-lised by Clemen-[F]-tine.
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{soc}
Oh, my [F] darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clemen-[C7]-tine
You are [Bb] lost and gone for-[F]-ever
Dreadful [C7] sorry, Clemen-[F]-tine
{eoc}
Then, the [F] miner, forty-niner,
Soon began to fret and [C7] pine,
Thought he [Bb] oughter join his [F] daughter,
So he's [C7] now with Clemen-[F]-tine.
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{soc}
Oh, my [F] darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clemen-[C7]-tine
You are [Bb] lost and gone for-[F]-ever
Dreadful [C7] sorry, Clemen-[F]-tine
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In my -[F]-dreams she still doth haunt me,
Robed in garments soaked with [C7] brine,
Then she [Bb] rises from the [F] waters,
And I [C7] kiss my Clemen-[F]-tine.
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{soc}
Oh, my [F] darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clemen-[C7]-tine
You are [Bb] lost and gone for-[F]-ever
Dreadful [C7] sorry, Clemen-[F]-tine
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How I [F] missed her, how I missed her,
How I missed my Clemen-[C7]-tine,
Til I [Bb] kissed her little [F] sister,
And for-[C7]-got my Clemen-[F]-tine.
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{soc}
Oh, my [F] darling, oh, my darling
Oh, my darling Clemen-[C7]-tine
You are [Bb] lost and gone for-[F]-ever
Dreadful [C7] sorry, Clemen-[F]-tine
{eoc}
{t:CLEMENTINE}
