the grandfather clock lyrics ???

[bluedolphin]

A song from the 70s i think...sung by a school choir....included the lyrics ...the clock stopped never to go again when the old man died... can someone help me find the lyrics in full....need it for my daughters Many thanks.

[cupra]

Can't find any refernce to the hit in the 70s - (I remember it as well!), but here are the traditional words: My Grandfather's Clock 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 he was born, It was always his treasure and pride, And it stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died. In watching its pendulum swing to and fro, Many hours he spent as a boy. And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know, And it shared both his sorrow and joy. And it struck twenty-four when he entered the door, With a blooming and beautiful bride, And it stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died. Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tick, It's life seconds numbering, tick tock, tick, tock, And it stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died. My Grandfather said that of those he could hire, Not a servant so faithful he found. It wasted no tine and it had one desire, At the end of the week to be wound. And it stayed in its place, not a frown upon its face, And it's hands never hung by it's side, And it stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died. Now it rang an alarm in the still of the night, An alarm that for years had been dumb. We knew that his spirit was plumbing in flight, That his hour of departure had come. Still the clock kept its time with a soft and muffled chime, As we silently stood by his side, And it stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died. Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tick, It's life seconds numbering, tick tock, tick, tock, And it stopped short, never to go again, when the old man died. Apologies if Answerbank removes the line feeds!

[Cetti]

Aah! My Mum used to sing this to me - how lovely to know it's still around!

[bluedolphin]

many thanks for the excellent answer ....have started witht the first two verses this evening with the kids.

[mikewith]

I'm singing this as I type - getting very strange looks in the office ;-)

[andy hughes]

A real nostalgia trip - I remember singing this as a First Year choir boy in grammar school, and I could sing most of it from memory, so it was great to see the full version. If you are interested, the song is based loosly on fact - a clock belonging to two batchelor brothers kept perfect time until one of them died, wherupon it began to loose time, and when the second brother died, it stopped altogether.