Was "Oh my darling Clementine" based on a true story?

Answer 1

No.

Oh My Darling, Clementine" is an American western folk ballad usually credited to Percy Montrose (1884), though sometimes to Barker Bradford. The song is believed to have been based on another called "Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden" by H. S. Thompson (1863).

The words are those of a bereaved lover singing about his darling, the daughter of a "49er", (a miner in the 1849 California Gold Rush). He loses her in a drowning accident – though he consoles himself towards the end of the song with Clementine's "little sister".

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Answer 2

i dont know............