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What? MontanaMama Jun 2023 #1
Why do you say it was In the voice of the father? Easterncedar Jun 2023 #2
Dwelt a miner 49er Marthe48 Jun 2023 #34
It was a nonsense song of my childhood Easterncedar Jun 2023 #35
I am too Marthe48 Jun 2023 #37
Not sure how you came to that conclusion, there is nothing in this song that Bev54 Jun 2023 #3
Look it up on google. Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #4
So I looked it up and does not say anything nor projects incest. Bev54 Jun 2023 #7
This is from wiki: Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #8
Yes but it does not say the singer is the father, and it actually projects he is not. Bev54 Jun 2023 #11
It is being projected as he has an unnaturally close love to his daughter. Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #14
No read my post below Bev54 Jun 2023 #15
This is what it says Bev54 Jun 2023 #13
Clementine is the daughter of a miner, and she is also the lover of the singer. Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #20
It is saying that the daughter is the singer's lover. wnylib Jun 2023 #28
OP's interpretation came from watching a Korean drama. intheflow Jun 2023 #31
Same here. TheBlackAdder Jun 2023 #5
It sounds to me like the singer's girlfriend lived with her father. sl8 Jun 2023 #6
The person singing the chorus is the father. Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #9
Nope Bev54 Jun 2023 #12
I understand that's what you think, but I believe you are mistaken. nt sl8 Jun 2023 #17
I like Bobby Darin's version Walleye Jun 2023 #10
Well, if you read it on the internet, it must be true. Abe Lincoln said so. HardPort Jun 2023 #16
Also in an Internationally acclaimed K-Drama. Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #18
this NoSheep Jun 2023 #21
On wiki no less. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #22
You're thinking Chinatown. Ptah Jun 2023 #19
Forget it Jake! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2023 #23
She's my daughter and my sister, dreadful sorrow, Chinatown. Ptah Jun 2023 #26
There is nothing to suggest incest in this song. intheflow Jun 2023 #24
Passive aggressive zinger. Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #25
Well then, it came from someone else's life experience. intheflow Jun 2023 #29
Now we're getting into an argument on originalism? Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #30
No, I'm saying quoting a tv drama as fact is bullshit. n/t intheflow Jun 2023 #32
I don't introduce it as a fact. Just someone else's perspective. Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #33
'In contemporary South Korea, for example, there is a peculiar prevalence of incest dramas ... ' Donkees Jun 2023 #45
An amazing article! Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #46
Plus, it seems the melody Clementine came to Korea about 1885 and was changed to 'Simcheongga' Donkees Jun 2023 #47
Jeez. Great research. Loved to read about all of this. Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #48
I enjoyed the search. Here is a Korean TV 'Clementine' soundtrack Donkees Jun 2023 #50
He is not her father. Tree-Hugger Jun 2023 #27
Were any door buzzards involved? NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 #36
I have this on my computer! EndlessWire Jun 2023 #38
People have sung about tragedies for millennia gratuitous Jun 2023 #39
I'm only on episode 12 of 16, so it will be interesting to see how they tie in the Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #40
The miner is mentioned once in the third person soldierant Jun 2023 #41
Some verses have the father killing himself and the singer taking up with the sister. sl8 Jun 2023 #42
Never realized how morbid this song was before today. Baitball Blogger Jun 2023 #44
Let's see them interpret THIS one: ret5hd Jun 2023 #43
This verse clearly indicates *the singer* loved Clementine... ARPad95 Jun 2023 #49
Don't think it's the father speaking LeftishBrit Jun 2023 #51
Complete nonsense Chakaconcarne Jun 2023 #52
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