"Clementine", sebuah lagu klasik rakyat Amerika, mengisahkan kisah tragis seorang penambang emas selama Demam Emas California dan putrinya yang bernama Clementine. Lagu yang populer ini, dipopulerkan oleh Neil Young, menggambarkan peristiwa tragis yang menimpa Clementine saat ia jatuh ke sungai dan tenggelam. Lirik yang menyentuh mengeksplorasi tema kehilangan, kesedihan, dan penyesalan, menggambarkan perjuangan penambang itu untuk mengatasi kehilangan putrinya yang dicintainya.
Clementine Lyrics
Neil Young
In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty niner,
And his daughter Clementine
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxes, without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.
[Chorus:]
Clementine! Clementine!
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.
Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
[Chorus]
How I missed her! How I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
So I kissed her little sister,
I forgot my Clementine.
[Chorus]
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty niner,
And his daughter Clementine
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxes, without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.
[Chorus:]
Clementine! Clementine!
Oh my darling, Clementine!
Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.
Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
[Chorus]
How I missed her! How I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
So I kissed her little sister,
I forgot my Clementine.
[Chorus]