Clementine
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EIn a cavern, in a canyon excavating B7for a mine;
Dwelt a Aminer, forty-niEner, and his B7daughter ClemenEtine.
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Oh my Edarling, oh my darling, oh my B7darling Clementine
You are Alost and gone foreEver, dreadful B7sorry, CleEmentine.
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Light she Ewas, and like a fairy, And her shoes were B7number nine
Herring Aboxes without Etopses, Sandals B7were for ClemenEtine.
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Walking Elightly as a fairy, Though her shoes were B7number nine,
Sometimes Atripping, lightly Eskipping, Lovely B7girl, my CleEmentine
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Drove she Educklings to the water Ev'ry B7morning just at nine,
Hit her Afoot against a Esplinter, Fell B7into the foaming Ebrine.
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Ruby Elips above the water, Blowing B7bubbles soft and fine,
But aAlas, I was no Eswimmer, NeiB7ther was my CleEmentine.
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In a Echurchyard near the canyon, Where the B7myrtle doth entwine,
There grow Arosies and some Eposies, FerB7tilized by CleEmentine.
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Then, the Eminer, forty-niner, Soon beB7gan to fret and pine,
Thought he Aoughter join his Edaughter, So B7he's now with CleAmentine.
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I'm so Elonely, lost without her, Wish I'd had a B7fishing line,
Which I Amight have cast aEbout her, Might B7have saved my EClementine.
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In my Edreams she still doth haunt me, Robed in B7garments soaked with brine,
Then she Arises from the Ewaters, And B7I kiss my CleEmentine.
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Listen Efellers, heed the warning Of B7this tragic tale of mine,
ArtiAficial respiEration Could B7have saved my CleEmentine
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How I Emissed her, how I missed her, How B7I missed my Clementine,
Til I Akissed her little Esister, And B7forgot my CleEmentine.
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