Written by | traditional |
Date | late 1800s |
"Oh My Darling, Clementine" is a folk ballad often associated with the American West.
The tune has been used in countless movies and TV shows such as the 1946 film My Darling Clementine (with Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp), Back to the Future III (performed by ZZ Top), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (with Kate Winslet as Clementine), and was adapted as an episode of Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends with Shelley Duvall in the role of Clementine.
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- The Sesame Street character Clementine is named after the song.
- The song is performed as part of a sing-along medley in Sesame Jamboree.
- Bob and the kids sing the song to Forgetful Jones in Sesame Street Episode 2349 to remind him what singing is.
- Parts of Don Music's song "Peanut Jingle" are set to the tune of the song.
- Shadow presents a story about a 49er using the song in the Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Wish You Were Here."
- The sound book Sing & Learn Counting plays an instrumental version of the song that can be used for ten different sets of lyrics about numbers.