Oh My Darling, Clementine
E424002
"Oh My Darling, Clementine" is a traditional American folk ballad, often sung as a children's song, about a miner's daughter who tragically drowns.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oh My Darling, Clementine canonical | 2 |
| folk song "Oh My Darling, Clementine" | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American folk song
ⓘ
Western folk song ⓘ children's song ⓘ traditional ballad ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
ballad ⓘ folk ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeLyrics | Yes ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | miner is Clementine's father ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Yes ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | widely recognized American folk standard ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse |
teaching melody and pitch to children
ⓘ
teaching rhythm and meter to children ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic ⓘ |
| hasMeter | 3/4 time ⓘ |
| hasMood |
melancholic
ⓘ
nostalgic ⓘ |
| hasParodyVersions | Yes ⓘ |
| hasRecordingType |
instrumental
ⓘ
vocal ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | "Oh my darling, Clementine" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRhymeScheme | simple end-rhyme pattern ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Clementine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAdaptedAs |
cartoon musical segment
ⓘ
film and TV background music ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | American folk song anthologies ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American oral tradition ⓘ |
| isPublicDomain | Yes ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | American elementary schools ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Clementine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
miner ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
death by drowning
ⓘ
loss ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
Clementine drowns
ⓘ
narrator laments Clementine's death ⓘ |
| setting |
American Old West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mining camp ⓘ |
| subjectOf | American folk music tradition ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 19th-century American frontier ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
campfire song
ⓘ
children's sing-along ⓘ educational music for children ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
folk song "Oh My Darling, Clementine"