Henry Randall Waite, College Songs (1887)
“ There grow roses, and other posies, Fertilized by Clementine. 6 Then the miner, forty-niner, Soon began to peak and pine, Thought he "oughter jine" his daughter, Now he's with his Clementine. 7 In my dreams she still doth haunt me, Robed in garments soaked in brine; Though in life I used to hug her, Now she's dead, I'll draw the line. Chorus.Oh my darling, (Oh Clementine,) Oh my darling, (Oh Clementine,) Oh my darling Clementine, (Clem-Clementine,) You are lost (Oh Clementine,) and gone forever, (Oh Clementine,) Dreadful sorry, Clementine. (Clem-Clementine.) ”
