Clementine

[desertrat]

This is the one of first songs I remember singing in music in grade school.
Yeah, it was a while ago.
I think it must have bothered me then because I thought about poor Clementine every time I saw a river. Now I realize it was a really strange song.

Clementine

In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner
And his daughter Clementine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling
Oh my darling, Clementine
Thou art 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 (Poverty)

CHORUS

Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine.

CHORUS

Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles soft and fine, (Ok, a fairly graphic death)
But alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine. (Grief, and self blame)

CHORUS

Then the miner, forty-niner
Soon began to peak and pine,
Thought he oughter jine he daughter,
Now he's with his Clementine. (Now we have a suicide)

CHORUS

In my dreams she still doth haunt me, (Oh, nightmares, good for kids!)
Robed in garments soaked in brine;
Though in life I used to hug her,
Now she's dead, I draw the line. (This is the line I wonder about)

 

[camily]

This is the one of first songs I remember singing in music in grade school.
Yeah, it was a while ago.
I think it must have bothered me then because I thought about poor Clementine every time I saw a river. Now I realize it was a really strange song.

Clementine

In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner
And his daughter Clementine.

Oh my darling, oh my darling
Oh my darling, Clementine
Thou art 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 (Poverty)

CHORUS

Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine,
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine.

CHORUS

Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles soft and fine, (Ok, a fairly graphic death)
But alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine. (Grief, and self blame)

CHORUS

Then the miner, forty-niner
Soon began to peak and pine,
Thought he oughter jine he daughter,
Now he's with his Clementine. (Now we have a suicide)

CHORUS

In my dreams she still doth haunt me, (Oh, nightmares, good for kids!)
Robed in garments soaked in brine;
Though in life I used to hug her,
Now she's dead, I draw the line. (This is the line I wonder about)

 

[belvak]

Wow! I only remembered the first verse and the chorus. Guess I must have blocked out all the gross stuff in the rest of the verses!! :shrug:

 

[vraiblonde]

Where's the option for "All of the above"?

Though in life I used to hug her,
Now she's dead, I draw the line.

I think this is sensible, especially since she's all wet and ooky. Not to mention decayed.

 

[kwillia]

Good lord, DR... I'll never view that song the same ever again...

And the clutzy girl stubbing her toe and splashing in makes me think of our Migtig... I'm so glad her daddy didn't name her Clementine...

 

[Nickel]

There's a verse somewhere about him gettin' all lovey with her little sister. Lemme find it.

 

[Nickel]

How I missed her! How I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
But I kissed her little sister,
I forgot my Clementine.

Right before the dad kills himself.

 

[vraiblonde]

And what's up with the miner wanting to join his daughter in death? Didn't he have a wife?

So add possible incest to the list of this family's dysfunctions.

 

[carolann]

Now you kids may learn the moral,
Of this little tale of mine,
Artificial respiration,
Would have saved my clementine

 

[aps45819]

But alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine. (Grief, and self blame)

Now you kids may learn the moral,
Of this little tale of mine,
Artificial respiration,
Would have saved my clementine

Nope, he just watched he sink because he couldn't swim.


Did anybody else think about Crocs while reading the lyrics?

 

[BS Gal]

DR, did you have another one of those weird dreams last night?

 

[aps45819]

A LOT of kids stuff is pretty gruesome. Grim's Fairy Tales are filled with monsters, witches an murder.
Ring around the Rosy is a good example, it's about the black plague in Europe.

Ring around the rosy
Early symptoms of plague were red rings surrounding a rosy bump

Pocket full of posies
They thought the plague was caused by "foul air" to keep the air around themselves clean and sweet, they'd stuff their pockets with flowers.

Ashes, Ashes
In the later stages, victims would be bleeding internally. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of the sneezing fits caused by severely irritated breathing passages that often resulted in a victim actually sneezing their lung out.

We all fall down
Over 1/3 of Europe's population died during the Black Plague. Lots of folks dropped dead in the street.

 

[amotley]

i never knew the whole song lol guess we are all messed up for life

 

[desertrat]

Where's the option for "All of the above"?
I think this is sensible, especially since she's all wet and ooky. Not to mention decayed.

I'll do better next time.

How I missed her! How I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
But I kissed her little sister,
I forgot my Clementine.

Right before the dad kills himself.

Right I remember that one now.

Now you kids may learn the moral,
Of this little tale of mine,
Artificial respiration,
Would have saved my clementine

i never knew the whole song lol guess we are all messed up for life

Not to mention it was probably an old drinking song too, so there may have been a lot of verses we don't know about.

 

[Toxick]

The first song I remember is...



5 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

4 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

3 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

2 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

1 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

 

[MMDad]

A LOT of kids stuff is pretty gruesome. Grim's Fairy Tales are filled with monsters, witches an murder.
Ring around the Rosy is a good example, it's about the black plague in Europe.

Ring around the rosy
Early symptoms of plague were red rings surrounding a rosy bump

Pocket full of posies
They thought the plague was caused by "foul air" to keep the air around themselves clean and sweet, they'd stuff their pockets with flowers.

Ashes, Ashes
In the later stages, victims would be bleeding internally. "Ashes" is a child's approximation of the sneezing fits caused by severely irritated breathing passages that often resulted in a victim actually sneezing their lung out.

We all fall down
Over 1/3 of Europe's population died during the Black Plague. Lots of folks dropped dead in the street.

Snopes says false. :shrug:

 

[Nickel]

The first song I remember is...



5 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

4 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

3 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

2 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

1 little monkeys jumpin' on the bed.
1 fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPIN' ON THE BED!"

That one's a classic.

 

[kwillia]

"I found a peanut" always weirded me out.

 

[MMDad]

That one's a classic.

I'd never heard it until my wife taught it to my kids. I wonder if it's regional?

 

[vraiblonde]

"I found a peanut" always weirded me out.

Serious. If it was rotten, why'd he eat it?