FIn a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a C7mine
Dwelt a miner forty Fniner,
And his C7daughter ClemenFtine.
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Oh my darling, Oh my darling,
Oh my darling, ClemenC7tine,
You are lost and gone forFever,
Dreadful C7sorry, ClemenFtine.
Light she C7was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number Fnine,
Herring C7boxes, without Ftopses,
Sandals C7were for ClemenFtine.
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Drove she C7ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at Fnine,
Stubbed her C7toe against a Fsplinter,
Fell inC7to the foaming Fbrine.
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Ruby C7lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and Ffine,
But, C7alas, I was no Fswimmer,
So I C7lost my ClemenFtine.
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In a C7churchyard near the canyon,
Where the myrtle boughs entFwine,
Grow the C7roses and the Fposies,
FertilC7ized by ClemenFtine.
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Then the C7miner, forty-niner,
Soon began to peak and Fpine,
Thought he C7oughter join his Fdaughter,
Now he's C7with his ClemenFtine.
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In my C7dreams she still doth haunt me,
Robed in garments soaked in Fbrine;
Then she C7rises from the Fwaters,
And I C7kiss drown ClemenFtine.
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How I C7missed her, how I missed her,
How I missed my ClemenFtine,
Till I C7kissed her little Fsister,
And forC7got my ClemenFtine.