"Grandfather's Clock" is a song released in 1876 by the American composer Henry Clay Work.
The lyrics are said to be based on a story Work heard from the proprietor of the George Hotel in England—where he was staying—regarding an old, non-functioning clock located in the hotel. 【lyrics】 My grandfather's clock Was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor; It was taller by half Than the old man himself, Though it weighed not a pennyweight more. It was bought on the morn Of the day that he was born, And was always his treasure and pride.
But it stopped short Never to go again, When the old man died. Chorus: Ninety years without slumbering, Tick, tock, tick, tock, His life seconds numbering, Tick, tock, tick, tock, It stopp'd short Never to go again, When the old man died.
