![]() It was also given various English translations. It was best known from Romance del Conde Olinos o Niño, a sad love story very popular in Spanish-speaking cultures. In his book South from Granada, Gerald Brenan claims that the melody was from an old Spanish ballad, made popular by Mexican miners during the California Gold Rush. The lyrics were written by Percy Montross in 1884, based on an earlier song called "Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden", printed in 1863. In Montross's version, the song ends somewhat farcical by noting he will not go so far as necrophilia: "Though in life I used to hug her, now she's dead – I'll draw the line." ![]() One day while performing routine chores, Clementine trips and falls into a raging current and drowns, as her lover is unable to swim and declines to attempt to rescue her. Multiple variations of the song exist, but all center on Clementine, the daughter of a "miner forty-niner" and the singer's lover. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. " Oh, My Darling Clementine" (or " Clementine") is a traditional American western folk ballad in trochaic meter usually credited to Percy Montross (or Montrose) (1884), although it is sometimes credited to Barker Bradford. 1884 American western folk ballad "Oh, My Darling Clementine" ![]()
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