Bearbeiten von Clementine (Lied)

'''Clementine''' ist eins der Lieder, mit dem [[Joshua Jefferson]] um die stattliche Opersängerin [[Victoria Jefferson|Victoria Miller]] warb. Noch Jahre nach seinem Tod erinnert sich Victoria mit Wehmut daran. Darum ist ihr auch das [[Banjo]], auf dem Joshua seinen Gesang begleitete, besonders ans Herz gewachsen.

Die anderen beiden Lieder heißen ''[[Sacramento]]'' und ''[[O, Shenandoah]]''.

== Längere Textfassung ==

{| cellpadding="10"
| 1. 
In a cavern, in a canyon,<br>
Excavating for a mine,<br>
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner,<br>
And his daughter Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 2.
Light she was, and like a fairy,<br>
And her shoes were number nine,<br>
Herring boxes without topses,<br>
Sandals were for Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 3.
Walking lightly as a fairy,<br>
Though her shoes were number nine,<br>
Sometimes tripping, lightly skipping,<br>
Lovely girl, my Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
|-
| 4.
Drove she ducklings to the water<br>
Ev'ry morning just at nine,<br>
Hit her foot against a splinter,<br>
Fell into the foaming brine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 5.
Ruby lips above the water,<br>
Blowing bubbles soft and fine,<br>
But alas, I was no swimmer,<br>
Neither was my Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 6.
In a churchyard near the canyon,<br>
Where the myrtle doth entwine,<br>
There grow rosies and some posies,<br>
Fertilized by Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
|-
| 7.
Then, the miner, forty-niner,<br>
Soon began to fret and pine,<br>
Thought he oughter join his daughter,<br>
So he's now with Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 8.
I'm so lonely, lost without her,<br>
Wish I'd had a fishing line,<br>
Which I might have cast about her,<br>
Might have saved my Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 9.
In my dreams she still doth haunt me,<br>
Robed in garments soaked with brine,<br>
Then she rises from the waters,<br>
And I kiss my Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
|-
| 10.
Listen fellers, heed the warning<br>
Of this tragic tale of mine,<br>
Artificial respiration<br>
Could have saved my Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 11.
How I missed her, how I missed her,<br>
How I missed my Clementine,<br>
Til I kissed her little sister,<br>
And forgot my Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| valign="top" | '''Refrain:'''
Oh my darling, oh my darling,<br>
Oh my darling Clementine<br>
You are lost and gone forever,<br>
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
|}

== Kürzere Textfassung ==
{| cellpadding="10"
| 1. 
In the centre of a golden valley,<br>
Dwellt a maiden all divine,<br>
A pretty creature a miner's daughter<br>
And her name was Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 2. 
Her noble father was the forman<br>
Of ev'ry valued mine,<br>
And ev'ry miner and ranchman<br>
Was a brother to Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 3. 
The foreman miner, an old forty niner,<br>
In dreams and thoughts sublime,<br>
Lived in comfort with his daughter,<br>
His pretty child Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
|-
| 4. 
When far away, he would often pray<br>
That in his sunny clime<br>
No harm might overtake her,<br>
His favorite nugget, Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 5. 
When the day was done and the setting sun<br>
Its rays they ceased to shine,<br>
Homeward came the brawney miner<br>
To caress his Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
|  6. 
None was nearer, none was dearer,<br>
Since the days of forty-nine<br>
When, in youth, he had another<br>
Who was then his Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
|-
| 7. 
She led her ducks down to the river,<br>
The weather it was fine,<br>
Stubbed her toe against a sliver,<br>
Fell into the raging brine.<br>
''Refrain''
| 8. 
He heard her calling: father,<br>
Her voice was like a chime,<br>
But alas he was no swimmer,<br>
So he lost his Clementine.<br>
''Refrain''
| valign="top" | '''Refrain:'''
Oh my darling, oh my darling,<br>
My darling Clementine,<br>
You are lost for me forever,<br>
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
|}

== Externer Link ==
*[http://ingeb.org/songs/inacaver.html Textfassungen und Melodien auf ingeb.org]

== An ''Clementine'' erinnert sich Mrs. Jefferson in folgendem Mosaikheft ==
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[[Kategorie:Amerika-Serie (Ereignis)]]
[[Kategorie:Lied]]