Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Grandfather's Clock, artist - Doc Watson. Album song The Best of Doc Watson 1964-1968, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 31.12.1998
Record label: Vanguard
Song language: English
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 |
And it weight not a penny’s weight more |
It was bought on the morn that my grandpa was born |
And was always his treasure and pride |
But it stopped short never to go again |
When the old man died |
Ninety years without slumbering (tic tac tic tac) |
His life’s seconds numbering (tic tac tic tac) |
But it stopped short never to go again |
When the old man died. |
(break) |
At watching its pendulum swing to and fro |
Many hours he had spent as a boy |
As he grew into manhood the clock seemed to know |
For it sharaed everyu sorrow and joy |
And it struck tewntyfour as he entered the door |
With his beautiful and blushing bride |
But it stopped short never to go again |
When the old man died |
(break) |
My grandfather said that of those he could hire |
Not a servant so faithful he’d found |
For it wasted no time and it had but one desire |
At the close of each week to be wound |
Yes it kept in its place but 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 |
(break) |
Then 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 pluming for flight |
That his hour for departure had come |
Yes the clock kept the time |
With a soft and muffled chime |
As we stood there and watched by his side |
But it stopped short never to go again |
When the old man died |