In a cavern down by a canyon
Excavatin' for a mine
There lived a miner from North Carolina
And his daughter Chubby Clementine
Now, every mornin', yeah just about dawnin'
When the sun began to shine
You know she would rouse up, wake all dem cows up
And walk 'em down to her daddy's mine
I took the footbridge way 'cross the water
Though she weighed two ninety-nine
The old bridge trembled and disassembled, oops
Dumped her into the foamy brine
Hey, crack like thunder, huh, huh
You know she went under, huh, huh
Blowin' bubbles down the line
Hey, I'm no swimmer but were she slimmer
I might have saved that Clementine
Ho, she broke the record way under water
I thought that she was doin' fine
I wasn't nervous not until the service
Of that they held for Clementine
Hey, you sailor, huh, huh way out in your whaler
With your harpoon in your trusty line
If she shows now, yell There she blows now
It just may be Chunky Clementine
One more time
Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darlin', oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darlin' sweet Clementine
You may be gone but you're not forgotten
Fare thee well so long
Clementine, bye