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T:My Grandfather's Clock
C:Henry Clay Work 1876
O:USA
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w:My grand-fa-ther's clock was too large for the shelf, So it 
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w:stood nine-ty years on the floor; - It was tal-ler by half than the 
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w:old man hims-elf, Though it weighed not a pen-ny-weight more. - It was 
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w:bought on the morn of the day that he was born, And was al-ways his trea-sure and 
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w:pride; - But it stopped short ne-ver to go a-gain When the old man died.
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w:man died. - Nine-ty years with-out slum-ber-ing tick, tock, 
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w:tick, tock, His life's se-conds num-ber-ing, tick, tock, tick, tock, It stopped
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w:short ne-ver to go a-gain When the old man died. 
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W:My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,
W:So it stood ninety years on the floor;
W:It was taller by half than the old man himself,
W:Though it weighed not a penny-weight more.
W:It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,
W:And was always his treasure and pride;
W:But it stopped short — never to go again —When the old man died.
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W:Ninety years without slumbering
W:tick, tock, tick, tock,
W:His life's seconds numbering,
W:tick, tock, tick, tock,
W:It stopped short — never to go again —When the old man died.
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W:In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,
W:Many hours had he spent while a boy;
W:And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know
W:And to share both his grief and his joy.
W:For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door,
W:With a blooming and beautiful bride;
W:But it stopped short — never to go again — When the old man died.
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W:My grandfather said that of those he could hire,
W:Not a servant so faithful he found;
W:For it wasted no time, and had but one desire —
W:At the close of each week to be wound.
W:And it kept in its place — not a frown upon its face,
W:And its hands never hung by its side;
W:But it stopped short — never to go again — When the old man died.
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W:It rang an alarm in the dead of the night —
W:An alarm that for years had been dumb;
W:And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight —
W:That his hour of departure had come.
W:Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,
W:As we silently stood by his side;
W:But it stopped short — never to go again — When the old man died.

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Song by Henry Clay Work
Country of origin: England

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