Well the girl turned ripe and the
pickers came today
Had an uncle who was farmin'
down in Tennessee
And I stopped by to see him there
brought this friend with me
He had a daughter seventeen
whose name was Clementine
And sure enough they fell in love
her and this friend of mine
He said the girl turned ripe and
the pickers came today
He said there ain't no need in
me beggin' her to stay
Ol' uncle Dave just shook his
head and turned away
He said the girl turned ripe and
the pickers came today
Fell in love with a gal that made
her home in Louisian'
And her daddy was a hard and
strict but very humble man
And he shook me up that day I
went to ask him for her hand
But I felt better when I heard
them same old words again
Well the girl turned ripe and
the pickers came today
Said there ain't no need in
me beggin' her to stay
He just shook his head and
slowly walked away
He said the girl turned ripe and the
pickers came today
Now me and this gal from
Louisian' we got a family
We got a little doll with big brown eyes
that we call Charmarie
And there's a great long line of
pickers waitin' to talk to me
About the sweet little gal of mine
that we call Charmarie
Well I said the girl turned ripe...
I said the girl turned ripe and
the pickers came today