The grandfather clock was too tall for the child
So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself
But it didn't weigh a penny, weighed more
Ninety years without grumbling, tick-tock-tick
It's five seconds numbering, tick
-tock-tick But it stopped short,
never to go again When the old man died
It was bought on the morn of the day that he
was born It was always his pleasure and pride
But it stopped short,
never to go again When the old man died
It stopped short,
never to go again When the old man died
