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Oh My Darling, Clementine

published 1884; based on a song printed in 1863 · 19th century

"Oh My Darling, Clementine" (Roud 9611, sometimes simply "Clementine") is a traditional American Western folk ballad, tragic but sometimes comic, in trochaic metre. It is usually credited to Percy Montrose (or Montross), 1884, and sometimes to Barker Bradford, 1885.

Songs in history

Oh My Darling, Clementine1884

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Oh My Darling, Clementine. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oh-my-darling-clementine
MLA: “Oh My Darling, Clementine.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oh-my-darling-clementine. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Oh My Darling, Clementine.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oh-my-darling-clementine.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Oh My Darling, Clementine’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oh-my-darling-clementine (Accessed: ).

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