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Words written by Roy Threadgold in the 1970s. Tune and chorus from ''O My Darling Clementine''.

In a village in North Essex,
by the duck pond deep and blue
Lived a ringer and choral singer
and his daughter, shh ... you know who.
''Chorus:
O my darling, O my darling, O my darling Clementine
Thou art lost and gone forever,
Dreadful sorry Clementine''

Every Sunday morning early
up the belfry they would climb;
Soon you’d hear those grotty tin-pots
o’er the rooftops start to chime.
''Chorus''

The master called for Stedman Doubles
on a bright September morn.
Clementine pulled on her sally
“Treble’s going, treble’s gone.”
''Chorus''

Everything was going nicely,
when her rope began to writhe;
Caught her doing double cats-ears,
‘stead of dodging in four-five.
''Chorus''

Clementine, she struggled bravely,
made a wild grab at the rope;
As it went up to the backstroke,
so it coiled around her throat.
''Chorus''

Now to put it in a nutshell,
and not to dwell upon the gore,
They carried Clem. out of the belfry,
and she never came no more.
''Chorus''

Clementine still comes to haunt us
– you might find her on the mat,
‘Cause for doing double cats-ears
she is now a ghostly cat.
''Chorus''

Every 15th of September,
up the belfry goes that Puss,
And on the six bells in that belfry
she rings ... Cambridge Maximuss.
''Chorus''

==References==
* [https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/issues/5780?page=103 ''The Ringing World''], No 5780, 4 Feb 2022, pg 103.
[[Category:Ringing Songs]]

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