Oh My Darling, Clementine

"Oh, My Darling Clementine"
Record label of the Boys of Texas version
Song
LanguageEnglish
GenreWestern, American folk
Composer(s)Traditional
Lyricist(s)Percy Montross; Barker Bradford

"Oh, My Darling Clementine" (or simply "Clementine") is a traditional American, tragic but sometimes comic, Western folk ballad in trochaic meter usually credited to Percy Montross (or Montrose) (1884), although it is sometimes credited to Barker Bradford.

Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[1]

  1. ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010.