Henry Clay Work - My Grandfather's Clock Lyrics
[Verse 1}My grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelfSo it stood ninety years on the floorIt was taller by half than the old man himselfBut it weighed not a pennyweight moreIt was bought on the morn that my grandfather was bornAnd was always his treasure and prideBut it stopped - short - never to go againWhen the old man died.[Chorus]Ninety years without slumberingTic tock tic tockHis live seconds numberingTic tock tic tockBut it stopped - short - never to go againWhen the old man died.[Verse 2]In watching it's pendulum swing to and froMany hours he had spent when a boyAnd through childhood and manhood, the clock seemed to knowAnd shared both his grief and his joyFor it struck 24 when he entered at the doorWith a blushing and beautiful brideBut it stopped - short - never to go againWhen the old man died.[Chorus][Verse 3]My grandfather said that of those he could hireNot a servant so faithful he'd foundFor it kept perfect time and had but one desireAt the close of each day to be woundAnd it kept to it's place, not a frown upon it's faceAnd it's hands never hung by it's sideBut it stopped - short - never to run againWhen the old man died.[Chorus]It rang an alarm in the still of the night,And alarm that for years had been dumbAnd we knew that his spirit was pluming for flightThat his hour of departure had comeStill the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chimeAs we silently stood by his sideBut it stopped - short - never to run againWhen the old man died.[Chorus]
