[00:09]My grandfather's clock [00:11]Was too large for the shelf, [00:14]So it stood ninety years on the floor; [00:17]It was taller by half [00:20]Than the old man himself, [00:22]Though it weighed not a pennyweight more. [00:27]It was bought on the morn [00:29]Of the day that he was born, [00:31]And was always his treasure and pride; [00:36]But it stopped short [00:39]Never to go again, [00:41]When the old man died. [00:45]Ninety years without slumbering, [00:49]His life seconds numbering, [00:54]It stopped short [00:56]Never to go again, [00:58]When the old man died. [01:03]My grandfather said [01:05]That of those he could hire, [01:07]Not a servant so faithful he found; [01:12]For it wasted no time, [01:15]And had but one desire, [01:17]At the close of each week to be wound. [01:21]And it kept in its place, [01:23]Not a frown upon its face, [01:25]And its hand never hung by its side. [01:29]But it stopped short [01:32]Never to go again, [01:34]When the old man died. [01:41]It rang an alarm [01:43]In the dead of the night, [01:45]An alarm that for years had been dumb; [01:50]And we knew that his spirit [01:52]Was pluming for flight, [01:54]That his hour of departure had come. [01:58]Still the clock kept the time, [02:00]With a soft and muffled chime, [02:03]As we silently stood by his side. [02:06]But it stopped short [02:10]Never to go again, [02:12]When the old man died. [02:17]Ninety years without slumbering, [02:21]His life seconds numbering, [02:26]It stopped short [02:28]Never to go again, [02:30]When the old man died.
[00:09]My grandfather's clock [00:11]Was too large for the shelf, [00:14]So it stood ninety years on the floor; [00:17]It was taller by half [00:20]Than the old man himself, [00:22]Though it weighed not a pennyweight more. [00:27]It was bought on the morn [00:29]Of the day that he was born, [00:31]And was always his treasure and pride; [00:36]But it stopped short [00:39]Never to go again, [00:41]When the old man died. [00:45]Ninety years without slumbering, [00:49]His life seconds numbering, [00:54]It stopped short [00:56]Never to go again, [00:58]When the old man died. [01:03]My grandfather said [01:05]That of those he could hire, [01:07]Not a servant so faithful he found; [01:12]For it wasted no time, [01:15]And had but one desire, [01:17]At the close of each week to be wound. [01:21]And it kept in its place, [01:23]Not a frown upon its face, [01:25]And its hand never hung by its side. [01:29]But it stopped short [01:32]Never to go again, [01:34]When the old man died. [01:41]It rang an alarm [01:43]In the dead of the night, [01:45]An alarm that for years had been dumb; [01:50]And we knew that his spirit [01:52]Was pluming for flight, [01:54]That his hour of departure had come. [01:58]Still the clock kept the time, [02:00]With a soft and muffled chime, [02:03]As we silently stood by his side. [02:06]But it stopped short [02:10]Never to go again, [02:12]When the old man died. [02:17]Ninety years without slumbering, [02:21]His life seconds numbering, [02:26]It stopped short [02:28]Never to go again, [02:30]When the old man died.
