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 penny's weight 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

My Grandfather said that of those he could hire Not a servant so faithful he'd found For it wasted no time and had but one desire At the close of each week to be wound

Yes it kept in its place not a frown upon its face And its hands never hung by its side But it stopped short never to go again When the old man died

It rang an alarm In the dead of the night An alarm that for years had been dumb And we knew that his spirit was blooming for flight That his hour for departure had come

Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime As we silently stood by his side But it stopped short never to go again When the old man died