The Grandfather Clock

The grandfather clock was too tall for the shelf
So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself
But it didn't weigh a pennyweight more
Ninety years without grumbling, tick, tock, tick
Its life seconds numbering, tick, tock, tick

But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died

It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
It was always his pleasure and pride

But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died

Yes, it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died