American Folk Song - Oh My Darlin' Clementine

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    💕 English Lyrics 💕
    In a cavern, in a canyon
    Excavating for a mine
    Lived a miner, forty-niner
    And his daughter, Clementine
    Oh my darling, oh my darling
    Oh my darling, Clementine
    You are lost and gone forever
    Dreadful sorry, Clementine
    Light she was and like a fairy
    And her shoes were number nine
    Herring boxes, without topses
    Sandals were for Clementine
    Oh my darling, oh my darling
    Oh my darling, Clementine
    You are lost and gone forever
    Dreadful sorry, Clementine
    Drove she ducklings to the water
    Ev'ry morning just at nine
    stubbed her toe against a splinter
    Fell into the foaming brine
    Oh my darling, oh my darling
    Oh my darling, Clementine
    You are lost and gone forever
    Dreadful sorry, Clementine
    Ruby lips above the water
    Blowing bubbles, soft and fine
    But, alas, I was no swimmer
    So I lost my Clementine
    Oh my darling, oh my darling
    Oh my darling, Clementine
    You are lost and gone forever
    Dreadful sorry, Clementine
    How I missed her! How I missed her
    How I missed my Clementine
    until I kissed her little sister
    and forgot my Clementine
    Oh my darling, oh my darling
    Oh my darling, Clementine
    You are lost and gone forever
    Dreadful sorry, Clementine
    💕 English Lyrics 💕
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Комментарии • 421

  • @FolkSongsInternational
    @FolkSongsInternational  2 года назад +47

    Hi guys, i don't earn money from this RUclips channel but I have to buy computer and other equipments to continue uploading videos. If you want to support me, you can support me from Patreon. Also i will publish supporters' requests ^-^
    www.patreon.com/folksongs
    Good bye 💕

    • @youshine1
      @youshine1 Год назад

      I haven't used the Patreon... Does it really help you get some money?

    • @nemesiaas
      @nemesiaas 5 месяцев назад

      Hi, can you tell me who is singing please?

  • @IamScruby
    @IamScruby 4 года назад +523

    I used to sing this so my girlfriend, Clementine. Before she passed from leukemia. :,(

    • @FolkSongsInternational
      @FolkSongsInternational  4 года назад +122

      I'm sorry :( I understand you, my brother passed away from leukemia.

    • @virginiahayton9115
      @virginiahayton9115 4 года назад +6

      Yes because of Sophie & David singing “Clementine”, best version I have heard.

    • @eyeonsreact9908
      @eyeonsreact9908 4 года назад +13

      Sorry to read that
      Honestly rip

    • @JohnSmith-ki4wv
      @JohnSmith-ki4wv 4 года назад +1

      @@MainStreetElectricalParade why?

    • @R2DC3
      @R2DC3 4 года назад +3

      Corona Virus burn in hell

  • @PeoplecallmeLucifer
    @PeoplecallmeLucifer 5 лет назад +277

    This is the first time I hear this song in full.... This is heart tearing

    • @mackenzielyon2512
      @mackenzielyon2512 3 года назад +27

      It’s not the full song. In the full song, the miner kills himself to be with her, how the narrator won’t hug her anymore because that’s going too far, both of their (Clementine and her father’s) bodies fertilize the church flowers, finally ending with the narrator getting with Clementine’s little sister (included that part in the song).

    • @klaudianguyen4813
      @klaudianguyen4813 2 года назад +2

      @@mackenzielyon2512 could you give a link to full song?

    • @mackenzielyon2512
      @mackenzielyon2512 2 года назад +3

      @@klaudianguyen4813 www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/clementine.html
      I haven’t found any video with the full lyrics, but this is the best one.

    • @klaudianguyen4813
      @klaudianguyen4813 2 года назад +1

      @@mackenzielyon2512 okayy thank you

    • @prashanttelasi9862
      @prashanttelasi9862 2 года назад

      This always happens 😞...

  • @northernskies86
    @northernskies86 3 года назад +96

    My grandmother used to sing this song to me when I was a kid, but she passed away just last year :'(

  • @TheJofrica
    @TheJofrica 4 года назад +216

    Clementine could be a metaphor for anything you lost but then another door was opened for you by the grace of God

    • @dallas1273
      @dallas1273 4 года назад +6

      The end is about him getting with her little sister, it's not a metaphor

    • @FarbtodMusic
      @FarbtodMusic 3 года назад +6

      @@dallas1273 i think, at the end its clementines father saying he got another daughter, her little sister, and that he forgot about clementine bc he replaced her with the sister

    • @grantalbrecht4402
      @grantalbrecht4402 3 года назад

      by the grace of God

    • @mollykdaniel8040
      @mollykdaniel8040 3 года назад

      TheJofrica Love this perspective, thanks!!

    • @dimielgo2267
      @dimielgo2267 3 года назад

      @Aaron M Oy gevalt.

  • @vladtepes6138
    @vladtepes6138 3 года назад +61

    This song was actually really popular around the area I grew up in Kentucky as many of the people had grandfathers and great grandfathers that travelled to West Virginia for work in the mines and so they made sure to pass it on to their kids like their parents did

    • @c-really-h1859
      @c-really-h1859 2 года назад +2

      Nah, the song is about California but it's popular all over the states. I knew it growing up in New York in a town where most people where descended from Ellis Island Immigrants.

    • @kastonian69
      @kastonian69 2 года назад +4

      aye i see a fellow appalachian...

    • @dustydoreeto2.012
      @dustydoreeto2.012 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@c-really-h1859 Aye. Same

  • @ytv31
    @ytv31 3 года назад +71

    American folk songs give off a general creepy haunted vibe.

  • @ilijailic7101
    @ilijailic7101 4 года назад +53

    Heard this song watching Outlander! I cried while listening full version here. Beautiful!

  • @GiyuuLover23
    @GiyuuLover23 2 года назад +35

    Love to America from Serbia. This song made me cry.

    • @user-gm7og5po4g
      @user-gm7og5po4g 2 года назад +3

      Wha- 💀

    • @TheRedDeath71
      @TheRedDeath71 11 месяцев назад

      @@user-gm7og5po4gwhat’s wrong with what he said

    • @frenchempire9471
      @frenchempire9471 6 месяцев назад

      ​@GreninjaDude he just learned about the average serbs view nato

    • @GiyuuLover23
      @GiyuuLover23 6 месяцев назад

      @@frenchempire9471 that's true but not everyone is like that. It's the same as if an American person were to say they love Russia or something and other people would be like "WHAT????"

  • @mrselena03
    @mrselena03 3 года назад +77

    This is the most calming voice of any of other Clementine songs, this drifted me to sleep at night and I didn’t even notice. Keep going I am encouraging you a lot!

    • @joys1783
      @joys1783 Год назад

      I'm goin' to hear this before I go to sleep tonight!

    • @butterflybeauty615
      @butterflybeauty615 11 месяцев назад

      I seriously think that there needs to be a heavy metal Nirvana rendition of this song

  • @hesapriliana9820
    @hesapriliana9820 2 года назад +19

    Clementine's Dad : try to forget Clementine
    also Clementine's Dad : sing her name .. over and over again 🎶

    • @MightyElemental
      @MightyElemental Год назад +1

      The song isn't from the father's perspective.

    • @user-Blissful_Death
      @user-Blissful_Death Год назад +3

      It’s from her lover’s perspective (boyfriend, fiancé, husband, etc.)

    • @evertalessg4062
      @evertalessg4062 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@user-Blissful_Deathbro, clementine is 9 year old

    • @frenchempire9471
      @frenchempire9471 6 месяцев назад

      ​@user-J0J0ST0N3OC3AN it says daughter at the start

  • @KamzaTheFox-Wolf
    @KamzaTheFox-Wolf 5 лет назад +41

    Absolutely beautiful folk song. One of my favourite!

  • @qwertymnbvc7464
    @qwertymnbvc7464 3 года назад +24

    I don't know y , every time I listen this song tears come out from my eyes

  • @stanilaluka7295
    @stanilaluka7295 Год назад +3

    "UnTiL I KiSsEd HeR LiTtLe SiStEr"
    Made me be like wtf?

  • @Joseph_417
    @Joseph_417 3 года назад +18

    Wait, this is a folk song? I always just considered this that one sad song I learned about in music class

  • @sophiajohnson279
    @sophiajohnson279 3 года назад +14

    Im glad theres so many people who like these songs
    Love, an American and decent person 🌍❤️🇺🇸

  • @taklitayman1811
    @taklitayman1811 2 года назад +11

    🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿
    My older sister used to teach me this wonderful chant, from which I discovered and loved it

  • @klaudianguyen4813
    @klaudianguyen4813 2 года назад +24

    I'm here just because I heard it in the walking dead (game) and goosh, it's so beautiful song. Maybe I shouldn't say that because of its meaning but still so beautiful. It's pity that I can't find this one on Spotify and I hope it'll be there soon

    • @jayteegamble
      @jayteegamble 2 года назад +5

      It's supposed to be a funny song but can easily slip into very sad

    • @aimyeditzzz1623
      @aimyeditzzz1623 Год назад

      same! I think I like this song better in Louis' voice

  • @FolkSongsInternational
    @FolkSongsInternational  3 года назад +66

    Okay, you watched "It's Okay to Not Be Okay" guys, I understand. Welcome :)

    • @ludoludo80
      @ludoludo80 3 года назад +1

      exactly!

    • @lydyanamartin6618
      @lydyanamartin6618 3 года назад

      Thanks a lot, I love this song !

    • @doomgenji5296
      @doomgenji5296 3 года назад +2

      No I played walking dead

    • @jessepawlak6921
      @jessepawlak6921 3 года назад

      it was a miners daughter who drownd real story real song

    • @aline4056
      @aline4056 3 года назад +1

      Hahahahahaha OMG! Yes, I also came because of it. And I Loved it!

  • @optimusprowse6448
    @optimusprowse6448 3 года назад +10

    Here because of The Walking Dead and the main character Clementine 😂
    Never heard the full Song!!

    • @Nerfnerd306
      @Nerfnerd306 3 месяца назад +1

      Heck ya brother, keep that hair short.

  • @Lucy_eugene25
    @Lucy_eugene25 4 года назад +226

    Who else is here because of outlander?

  • @marleyjr00
    @marleyjr00 3 года назад +12

    Heard this as a kid and liked it. Now it's just sad af.

  • @josebro352
    @josebro352 2 года назад +1

    Joel and Clementine
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  • @robertlucero4652
    @robertlucero4652 День назад

    Beautiful song

  • @hichemgymart6615
    @hichemgymart6615 2 года назад +2

    The world must be like this channel enjoying the culture and peace!

  • @dixiethedog2594
    @dixiethedog2594 4 года назад +9

    I sung this and it made me cry.....

  • @de_me_in_hasty2303
    @de_me_in_hasty2303 3 года назад +5

    This is the best voice for this song👍🏼

  • @mauriciofalci
    @mauriciofalci 3 года назад +2

    Unique and beautiful music oh my Darlin Clementine so Wonderful

  • @sodaxl1274
    @sodaxl1274 2 года назад +5

    I love this rendition of this song, very calming :)

  • @jc_alpha
    @jc_alpha 5 месяцев назад +2

    “But alas, I was no swimmer, so I lost my Clementine.”
    This has to be one of the saddest lines I’ve ever read 😭

  • @charadreemurr101
    @charadreemurr101 4 года назад +18

    Какая красивая песня,мне очень понравилась😍❤👍

  • @noctex67
    @noctex67 3 года назад +2

    I sang this with my class years ago for school, brings back some good memories.

  • @unoquepasaporahi3598
    @unoquepasaporahi3598 4 года назад +2

    Beautiful and classic song .thanks

  • @Sarah-ym2ec
    @Sarah-ym2ec 4 года назад +22

    outlander😍

  • @SenoritaV
    @SenoritaV Год назад +2

    nice singing now my grand father teach me this song until i cry

  • @ninimuller227
    @ninimuller227 4 года назад +3

    ITS BEAUTIFUL!

  • @busterbrown17
    @busterbrown17 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful!

  • @raymondraptorclaw2901
    @raymondraptorclaw2901 Год назад +4

    Okay, let’s see…✏️
    ☑️Wake up
    ☑️Eat breakfast
    ☑️cry my eyes out
    Complete Homework
    Go to bed

  • @user-mw8rw2to1w
    @user-mw8rw2to1w 3 года назад +1

    Always Thank you
    HAVE good day 💕☕

  • @meli2.484
    @meli2.484 Год назад +2

    What a beautiful and sad song 😍😍😳😳 I lost my grandmother in Febuary 2022 because of Covid and when I heard the song I took a pen and my book I wrote the lyrics of the song but for her. I changed the lyrics and I did the same thing but instead of Clementine I talk about my grandmother and the feeling I had when she passed away 😳😳❤❤

  • @awanua
    @awanua 3 года назад +11

    Owh now i know. It just like Malaysia folk song version of 'Bagun Pagi, Gosok Gigi' song & "Saya ada, burung pipit' song.
    It''s Okay not to be okay brought me here..

  • @cg0825
    @cg0825 2 года назад +6

    Few people know all the words and the sadness of the story. Being in love with a miner's daughter during the CA gold rush in 1849 (which is why they got nicknamed 49-ers) Apparently didn't have much wealth as she wore boxes as shoes. She trips and falls in the river and drowns. Then some versions include kissing the sister which is even more creepy. I heard it sung at a summer kids camp once and the last verse was made up encouraging young people to learn to swim.

    • @Mrbg123
      @Mrbg123 2 года назад +2

      The song is actually a parody of the sad ballads of the time. If you break the lines down you see it, for example you don’t lead ducks to water because you will fall in, and also why would she be bringing the ducks to a foaming brine (rushing water) because they would drown. The last creepy lines are a joke thrown in at the end.

  • @yannislee2344
    @yannislee2344 10 месяцев назад

    Best rendition yet!

  • @hollyhock9638
    @hollyhock9638 3 года назад +2

    My mom was singing this song and I remember it from when I was a kid and looked it up

  • @laurens3857
    @laurens3857 2 года назад +4

    I have not heard this ending about a little sister. In the version I know, it’s from the mothers perspective and after the loss of clementine… her husband followed to be with clementine.

  • @RS-cx9rf
    @RS-cx9rf 4 года назад +7

    The song I put my kids to bed with before the night shift.

  • @rheajanemasandag7997
    @rheajanemasandag7997 3 года назад +57

    Who came here after watching Episode 7 of "It''s Okay not to be okay?"

    • @dhellaap
      @dhellaap 3 года назад +1

      ME OMG

    • @Eithereal1217
      @Eithereal1217 3 года назад +1

      Count me in xD

    • @jessepawlak6921
      @jessepawlak6921 3 года назад +1

      its a real person that this song is for im not gonna lie but its sad you can say im a expert in history an what once was but truly cant make it up its to sad

    • @suryakumari6729
      @suryakumari6729 3 года назад

      me

    • @ashliegatchalian7267
      @ashliegatchalian7267 3 года назад +1

      Me too 🥺 it such a sad drama

  • @imsonutzz
    @imsonutzz 4 года назад +7

    Everyone talking how they are here because of outlander or the walking dead well I'm here because I actually searched "Folk Songs" but I first heard this in the TV series M*A*S*H when they were singing in the O.R

  • @clementinesteward7964
    @clementinesteward7964 4 года назад +24

    I like this song because my mum's name in it

  • @joshuamaxwell8376
    @joshuamaxwell8376 4 года назад

    My mom had a cassette of a bunch of old Folk and mountain songs. I used to know a bunch, Ol' man tucker, 15 miles on the Erie canal, Oh Susannah, She'll be coming around the Mountain, Shenandoah. Sure wish I knew where I could get a CD with all them songs.

  • @lukeskywalker691
    @lukeskywalker691 3 года назад +4

    OMFG full version for the first time

  • @the_ginja6549
    @the_ginja6549 6 месяцев назад

    Ah this brings back so many memories…

  • @smeeagain3102
    @smeeagain3102 6 месяцев назад

    I just love old folk music

  • @busterbrown17
    @busterbrown17 3 года назад +2

    You deserve a medal 🏅 it's you I like and I like you just the way you are you make each day a special day by just your being you and that best person your ever gonna be is your awesome and honest self!

  • @biohazard396
    @biohazard396 4 года назад +2

    So here I am making a version of this song for my book and it brought me close to tears which is a big deal to bad it didn’t make me cry

  • @rondelby2482
    @rondelby2482 3 года назад +1

    I have always associated this song with Valentine's Day.....

  • @noni_methadoni
    @noni_methadoni 4 года назад +6

    my clementine is my lovely dog gone so unfair

  • @diwandinujaya9618
    @diwandinujaya9618 2 года назад +2

    I like your voice❤️

  • @oldscoolgaming6700
    @oldscoolgaming6700 3 года назад +14

    If you ask me, Clementine would've been better off living with her mother.

  • @silersfunvideos5926
    @silersfunvideos5926 2 года назад

    I love this song

  • @chillycatman8801
    @chillycatman8801 2 года назад +1

    I personally think this is the best version of this song it's soft, sad and really catchy just like the original song

  • @dernochjungenoergler
    @dernochjungenoergler 8 месяцев назад

    A beautiful one.

  • @Vesnicie
    @Vesnicie Год назад +5

    Is this song still part of any American childhood? I hope so.

  • @diamond-dog-6412
    @diamond-dog-6412 2 года назад

    I remember singing this at a family gathering and everyone stopped talking and listening to me sing.

  • @caderiddle5996
    @caderiddle5996 4 года назад +12

    I’d recommend adding old man tucker and maybe the American version of Yankee Doodle

  • @Cartoonking8562
    @Cartoonking8562 4 года назад +2

    A dog named huckleberry hound is a big fan of your song oh my darling clementine he sings that song every day it must be his favorite song ever.

  • @UnironicallyBelgian
    @UnironicallyBelgian Год назад

    What a banger🔥🔥

  • @ninimuller227
    @ninimuller227 4 года назад +3

    THIS IS MY SCHOOL ONE FINALLY I GIVE THIS VIDEO A WIN!

  • @user-mz1zw8in4s
    @user-mz1zw8in4s Год назад +2

    I like this song and I learn it in Korea too It's a perfect song

  • @amalidilhara344
    @amalidilhara344 2 месяца назад

    Induwa lassanai ❤❤❤😊😊

  • @User-fg4td
    @User-fg4td Год назад

    Finally found the original song for long time

  • @anacute9169
    @anacute9169 4 года назад

    Nice☺

  • @bryanmiller4618
    @bryanmiller4618 Месяц назад

    Did you know that?
    A 49er was from 200 years.A gold rush happened in 1849 so and the people that tried to mine for it.We're called forty Niners so yeah

  • @tablaradiofromindia1818
    @tablaradiofromindia1818 3 года назад

    Nice

  • @yowboyviegar3375
    @yowboyviegar3375 7 месяцев назад

    I used to sing this to my sister Clementine.. but now she's gone....
    (She's not dead, she's with her husband)...
    I just missed my innocent little sister and our childhood.

  • @ashokam6567
    @ashokam6567 2 года назад

    Super song iam from india ❤️👍

  • @zallen5833
    @zallen5833 3 года назад +3

    I’m playing this on piano lol

  • @KlausJB
    @KlausJB 2 года назад +1

    Klasse gespielt und gesungen 👏👏👏

  • @manostororosso2364
    @manostororosso2364 Месяц назад

    Is there an instrumental version of this exact song, found some but this is the best by far

  • @SosoSemi33
    @SosoSemi33 5 месяцев назад

    Louis and clementine ❤❤❤

  • @psychoslasher988
    @psychoslasher988 3 года назад

    Creepy yet so soothing

  • @tumzamanlarneniyisimuhamme5248
    @tumzamanlarneniyisimuhamme5248 2 года назад +2

    Aklıma The Walking Dead oyunundaki Clementine geldi :D

  • @eyeonsreact9908
    @eyeonsreact9908 4 года назад +46

    Just asking who is here because of telltell's the walking dead ?

    • @FolkSongsInternational
      @FolkSongsInternational  4 года назад +4

      Me

    • @eyeonsreact9908
      @eyeonsreact9908 4 года назад +1

      @@FolkSongsInternational cool

    • @bruhmomento4607
      @bruhmomento4607 3 года назад

      Me!

    • @OPN9
      @OPN9 3 года назад +1

      And me :) This would have been perfect for the outro scene of the last episode if clem actually died. But luckily she survived :)

    • @skygames6974
      @skygames6974 3 года назад

      @@OPN9 that's not a spoiler foe me but for others so keep it down

  • @santiagovillarreal976
    @santiagovillarreal976 10 месяцев назад +1

    Oh My Darlin' Clementine (2010)

  • @smaidasoka1056
    @smaidasoka1056 2 года назад

    WOW🙂

  • @Justii218
    @Justii218 Год назад

    I don't remember this song being so sad 😢

  • @nashvillebottomfeeder3683
    @nashvillebottomfeeder3683 3 года назад +1

    No I'm not crying you are😢

  • @ley9017
    @ley9017 8 месяцев назад

    I love this my music teacher Meade me see this I love it it’s so sad 😢❤

  • @jaissegobelyn9667
    @jaissegobelyn9667 Год назад

    Who's here from "The Ballad of song birds and snakes" book? It's my first time hearing this song and while waiting the movie release, I know, I'll be haunted for ages with this another orchestra composition if they find a chance taking this in the movie. Gosh. All my childhood favorite nursery song was turning darker and lonely as I get older, realizing they're the representation of what lies ahead from my dreamland. Why is that? 😵

    • @msolomon1781
      @msolomon1781 9 месяцев назад +1

      TWD video game! That's the only Clementine I will ever acknowledge!! 😂😂

  • @r.c2700
    @r.c2700 Год назад

    Is this a song or a lullaby? When I heard it for the first time, I fell in love with that melody. Thanks

    • @IdkLolz8374
      @IdkLolz8374 Год назад +1

      Well its one of those songs that sound good but has a tragic storyline if you don't know it is basically a Miner in 1849 During the California Gold rush and her daughter got a splinter because they had wooden shoes they had them because they were poor and she stumbled and fell into a river and drowned and its a song

  • @its_ya_girl_gacha_bri5290
    @its_ya_girl_gacha_bri5290 4 года назад +5

    I feel sorry for clementines farther because clementine dawned

  • @snorkythedragon
    @snorkythedragon 3 года назад +2

    Wait, so is the song based on an actual thing that happened in real life? Seems like it.
    Also, the sing is very nice! Reminds me of my grandma.

  • @calebstyles746
    @calebstyles746 Год назад

    I've sung this song with my gramp my whole life

  • @orthofox9302
    @orthofox9302 3 года назад +2

    Clementine will remember that

  • @jerrysmith2354
    @jerrysmith2354 3 года назад

    Tbh Im only here because of the background music of the original Scooby Doo. In some of the tracks, they just bust out a banjo and will play bits of this or I've Been Working on The Railroad. But its crazy how many people here seem to not have heard this song before whatever show they came from.

  • @andreagianmarioli3173
    @andreagianmarioli3173 2 года назад

    Brividi di nostalgia

  • @bobo5485
    @bobo5485 3 года назад +1

    me: here form twd and now im love this song

  • @staywithme1221
    @staywithme1221 3 года назад +1

    banana fish got me here :3

  • @Babyybean
    @Babyybean 3 года назад +7

    So, uuuhh...
    Any TellTale fans out there remembering the story of Clementine and missing TellTale, or is it just me? ;w;

  • @juliereminiec4937
    @juliereminiec4937 4 года назад +8

    Is this song about a cavein in a gold mine?
    the name of the mine may have been Clementine
    miners used to name the mines after girlfriends

    • @FolkSongsInternational
      @FolkSongsInternational  4 года назад +2

      I don't know :/

    • @w1nterdays
      @w1nterdays 4 года назад

      the boyfriend wasnt a miner tho

    • @FuraFaolox
      @FuraFaolox 3 года назад

      From what I read in another comment's replies, the song is basically just making fun of ballads

    • @musicbox193
      @musicbox193 3 года назад

      It's about the daughter of a miner who fell into the lake in drowned and it's deliberately made to sound suspicious. The guy singing it, her supposed lover, is acting like he's grief-stricken, but he clearly isn't. This is a parody of the tragic ballads of the time, maybe even a specific one.