My

grand-

father's

clock

was

too

large

for

the

shelf,

so

it

stood

nine-

ty

years

on

the

floor.

It

was

tal-

ler

by

half

than

the

old

man

him-

self,

Though

it

weighed

not

a

pen-

ny-

weight

more.

It

was

bought

on

the

morn

Of

the

day

that

he

was

born

And

was

al-

ways

his

trea-

sure

and

pride.

But

it

stopped

short,

Ne-

ver

to

go

a-

gain

When

the

old

man

died

Nine-

ty

years

with-

out

slum-

ber-

ing,

tick

tock

tick

tock,

His

life

se-

conds

num-

ber-

ing,

tick

tock

tick

tock,

It

stopped,

short

ne-

ver

to

go

a-

gain

When

the

old

man

died