Clementine – “Oh, My Darling Clementine”
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Clementine
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Darling_Clementine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_My_Darling,_Clementine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Darling_Clementine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O,_My_Darling_Clementine
https://youtu.be/j5oe2-M0iPU
Note Brenda J.G. asked about this one as I was working on the article.
Clementine is an imprisoned Pingouin that the Wizard must rescue in Urville Station. She will assist in freeing the other Pingouins from Rasputin. She is César’s “Darling”, though she insists he cannot call her that until he properly courts her.
After offending Clementine, César assumes all is lost since she has forbade him coming near her. Nostradonimus insists that your wizard can bring her a betrothal pebble on César’s behalf. Clementine accepts the gift.
“Oh, My Darling Clementine” (or simply “Clementine”) is a traditional American, sometime comic, Western folk ballad in trochaic meter usually credited to Percy Montross (or Montrose) (1884), although it is sometimes credited to Barker Bradford.
The lyrics were written by Percy Montross in 1884, based on an earlier song called “Down by the River Liv’d a Maiden”, printed in 1863. The origin of the melody is unknown. In his book South from Granada, Gerald Brenan claims that the melody was from an old Spanish ballad, made popular by Mexican miners during the California Gold Rush. It was best known from Romance del Conde Olinos o Niño, a sad love story very popular in Spanish-speaking cultures. It was also given various English translations. No particular source is cited to verify that the song he used to hear in the 1920s in a remote Spanish village was not an old text with new music, but Brenan states in his preface that all the information in his book has been checked reasonably well.
It is unclear when, where, and by whom the song was first recorded in English, but the first version to reach the Billboard charts was that by Bing Crosby recorded on June 14, 1941, which briefly reached the No. 20 spot. It was given an updated and up-tempo treatment in an arrangement by Hal Hopper and John Scott Trotter. The re-written lyrics include a reference to Gene Autry (“could he sue me, Clementine?”) amongst the five swinging verses.
My Darling Clementine is a 1946 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp during the period leading up to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The ensemble cast also features Victor Mature (as Doc Holliday), Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Cathy Downs and Ward Bond.
The title of the movie is borrowed from the theme song “Oh My Darling, Clementine”, sung in parts over the opening and closing credits. The screenplay is based on the biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal by Stuart Lake, as were two earlier movies, both named Frontier Marshal (released in 1934 and 1939, respectively). The book was discovered to be highly inaccurate and Wyatt had told many outright lies about himself, his brothers and the events surrounding the O.K. Corral incident to both Lake and director Ford.
My Darling Clementine is regarded by many film critics as one of the best Westerns ever made. In 1991, the film was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. It was among the third annual group of 25 films named to the registry.
O, My Darling Clementine is also a 1943 American musical film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. The film stars Roy Acuff, Isabel Randolph, Harry Cheshire, Frank Albertson, Lorna Gray, and Irene Ryan. The film released on December 31, 1943, by Republic Pictures. Aside from the title it bears no relation to the ballad.
Traditional Lyrics:
In a cavern, in a canyon
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner
And his daughter Clementine
(Chrous) Oh my darling, oh my darling
Oh my darling, Clementine
Thou art lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine
Light she was and like a fairy
And her shoes were number nine
Herring boxes without topses
Sandals were for Clementine
(Chorus)
Drove she ducklings to the water
Every morning just at nine
Hit her foot against a splinter
Fell into the foaming brine
(Chorus)
Ruby lips above the water
Blowing bubbles soft and fine
But alas, I was no swimmer
So I lost my Clementine
(Chorus)
The current list of all the (known) Polaris references can be found here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
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My Darling Clementine movie post is copyright 20th Century Fox
O, My Darling Clementine movie poster is copyright Republic Pictures
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