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"Grand-Father's Clock" was first published in 1876.

"Grandfather's Clock" (popularly known as "My Grandfather's Clock") is a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, the author of "Marching Through Georgia". It is a standard of British brass bands and colliery bands, and is also popular in bluegrass music. The Oxford English Dictionary says the song was the origin of the term "grandfather clock" for a longcase clock.^[1] In 1905, the earliest known recording of this song was performed by Harry Macdonough and the Haydn Quartet (known then as the "Edison Quartet").

Storyline

The song, told from a grandchild's point of view, is about his grandfather's clock.

The clock is purchased on the morning of the grandfather's birth and works perfectly for 90 years, requiring only that it be wound at the end of each week.

The clock seems to know the good and bad events in the grandfather's life; it rings 24 chimes when the grandfather brings his new wife into his home, and near his death it rings an alarm, which the family recognizes to mean that the elderly gentleman is near death and gathers by his bed. After the grandfather dies, the clock suddenly stops, and never works again.

Sequel

Work published a sequel to the song two years after, and again the grandson acts as the narrator. The grandson laments the fate of the no-longer-functioning grandfather clock—it was sold to a junk dealer, who sold its parts for scrap and its case for kindling. In the grandfather's house, the clock was replaced by a wall clock, which the grandson disdains (referring to it as "that vain, stuck-up thing on the wall").^[2] However, the sequel never reached the popularity of the original.^[3]

The song was covered and translated many times. Versions in other languages may vary; for example, in the Czech version, sung by the country band Taxmeni, the song continues with an additional, joyful strophe, narrating further events in the grandson's life: the birth of his son and the purchase of a new clock on the same day, to maintain the family tradition.^[4]

Popularity in Japan

"My Grandfather's Clock" became well known in Japan in 1962 when the NHK children's music program, Minna no uta, broadcast the recording by Tachikawa Sumito. It was accompanied by an animated sequence created by Taniuchi Rokurō [ja]. The song became incorporated into educational settings in Japan ever since. A second version was broadcast on Minna no uta in 1972, which utilized the same recording, but with a new animated sequence by Takeguchi Yoshiyuki [ja].^[5]

Original lyrics

The City Green in Union Park of Middletown, Connecticut includes this bust of the author near his birthplace.

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 pennyweight more.
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,
And was always his treasure and pride;
But it stopp'd short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering
(tick, tick, tick, tick),

His life seconds numbering,
(tick, tick, tick, tick),

It stopp'd short — never to go again —

When the old man died.

In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,
Many hours had he spent while a boy.
And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know
And to share both his grief and his joy.
For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door,
With a blooming and beautiful bride;
But it stopp'd short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering
(tick, tick, tick, tick),

His life seconds numbering,
(tick, tick, tick, tick),

It stopp'd 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 found;
For it wasted no time, and had but one desire —
At the close of each week to be wound.
And it kept in its place — not a frown upon its face,
And its hands never hung by its side.
But it stopp'd short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering
(tick, tick, tick, tick),

His life seconds numbering,
(tick, tick, tick, tick),

It stopp'd 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 pluming for flight —
That his hour of departure had come.
Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,
As we silently stood by his side;
But it stopp'd short — never to go again —
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering
(tick, tick, tick, tick),

His life seconds numbering,
(tick, tick, tick, tick),

It stopp'd short — never to go again —

When the old man died.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Oxford English Dictionary" (available online to subscribers, also in print). Retrieved 19 April 2009. Grandfather's clock [suggested by a song which was popular about 1880], a furniture-dealer's name for the kind of weight-and-pendulum eight-day clock in a tall case, formerly in common use; also grandfather clock (now the usual name): [1876 H. C. WORK Grandfather's Clock, My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor.]
^ Henry C. Work (1878). "Sequel To Grandfather's clock". New York: C. M. Cady.
^ "Sequel To MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK - 1878 - Tom Roush". 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2019 – via YouTube.
^ Taxmeni (1977). "Dědečkovy hodiny". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube. Czech cover version of My Grandfather's Clock
^ Tomizawa, Mizuo; Satō, Keiji. "みんなのうた《大きな古時計》(1962年）映像再現の試みについて" [On the Attempt to Revive the 1962 Footage of "My Grandfather's Clock" from Minna no uta] (PDF). Kyushu University Institutional Repository (in Japanese). p. 23–24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ Henry C. Work (1876). "Grandfather's clock". New York: C. M. Cady. original publication uses "tick, tick, tick, tick", "tock" was added later
^ "History of the Grandfather Clock". The Clock Depot. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

Zecher, Henry (October 2005). "How an old floor clock became a grandfather". The Pride of Olney (Lion's Club of Olney, Maryland) 30 (76). Retrieved 12 August 2013. on Henry Zecher's personal website

External links

[1] "Oxford English Dictionary" (available online to subscribers, also in print). Retrieved 19 April 2009. Grandfather's clock [suggested by a song which was popular about 1880], a furniture-dealer's name for the kind of weight-and-pendulum eight-day clock in a tall case, formerly in common use; also grandfather clock (now the usual name): [1876 H. C. WORK Grandfather's Clock, My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor.]

[2] Henry C. Work (1878). "Sequel To Grandfather's clock". New York: C. M. Cady.

[3] "Sequel To MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK - 1878 - Tom Roush". 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2019 – via YouTube.

[4] Taxmeni (1977). "Dědečkovy hodiny". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube. Czech cover version of My Grandfather's Clock

[5] Tomizawa, Mizuo; Satō, Keiji. "みんなのうた《大きな古時計》(1962年）映像再現の試みについて" [On the Attempt to Revive the 1962 Footage of "My Grandfather's Clock" from Minna no uta] (PDF). Kyushu University Institutional Repository (in Japanese). p. 23–24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[6] Henry C. Work (1876). "Grandfather's clock". New York: C. M. Cady. original publication uses "tick, tick, tick, tick", "tock" was added later

[depot-7] "History of the Grandfather Clock". The Clock Depot. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

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-{{Refimprove|date=November 2015}}
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-[[Image:GrandFathersClockWorkCover.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Grand-Father's Clock" was first published in 1876.]]
+{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
-'''"Grandfather's Clock"''' is a [[song]] written in 1876 by [[Henry Clay Work]], the author of "[[Marching Through Georgia]]". It is a standard of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Brass band (British style)|brass bands]] and [[colliery band]]s, and is also popular in [[bluegrass music]]. It has also been sung by male choruses such as the [[Robert Shaw Chorale]]. The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' says the song was the origin of the term "[[longcase clock|grandfather clock]]" for a longcase clock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.oed.com/|title=Oxford English Dictionary|accessdate=2009-04-19|quote=Grandfather's clock [suggested by a song which was popular about 1880], a furniture-dealer's name for the kind of weight-and-pendulum eight-day clock in a tall case, formerly in common use; also grandfather clock (now the usual name):  [1876 H. C. WORK Grandfather's Clock, My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor.] |format=available online to subscribers, also in print}}</ref>
+[[File:GrandFathersClockWorkCover.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Grand-Father's Clock" was first published in 1876.]]
+"'''Grandfather's Clock'''" (popularly known as "'''My Grandfather's Clock'''") is a song written in 1876 by [[Henry Clay Work]], the author of "[[Marching Through Georgia]]". It is a standard of [[British brass band]]s and [[Coal mining in the United Kingdom|colliery bands]], and is also popular in [[bluegrass music]]. The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' says the song was the origin of the term "[[grandfather clock]]" for a longcase clock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.oed.com/|title=Oxford English Dictionary|access-date=2009-04-19|quote=Grandfather's clock [suggested by a song which was popular about 1880], a furniture-dealer's name for the kind of weight-and-pendulum eight-day clock in a tall case, formerly in common use; also grandfather clock (now the usual name):  [1876 H. C. WORK Grandfather's Clock, My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor.] |format=available online to subscribers, also in print}}</ref> In 1905, the earliest known recording of this song was performed by [[Harry Macdonough]] and the [[Haydn Quartet (vocal ensemble)|Haydn Quartet]] (known then as the "Edison Quartet").
-==Tune==
-The opening bars of the tune are very similar to a motif used in the Allegro section of the 14th number (Andante-Adagio-Allegro) of [[Beethoven|Beethoven's]] ''[[Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus]]'', opus 43.
 ==Storyline==
-[[Image:Cliffe George Hotel 3.jpg|thumb|left|It was in this [[Piercebridge]] hotel that the author encountered a remarkable clock that inspired the song.]]
+[[File:Cliffe George Hotel 3.jpg|thumb|upright|It was in this [[Piercebridge]] hotel that the author encountered a remarkable clock that inspired the song.]]
 The song, told from a grandchild's point of view, is about his grandfather's clock.
 The clock is purchased on the morning of the grandfather's birth and works perfectly for 90 years, requiring only that it be wound at the end of each week.
-Yet the clock seems to eerily know the good and bad events in the grandfather's life &ndash; it rings 24 chimes when the grandfather brings his bride into his house, and near his death it rings an eerie alarm, which the family recognizes to mean that the grandfather is near death and gathers by his bed.  After the grandfather dies, the clock suddenly stops, and never works again.
+The clock seems to know the good and bad events in the grandfather's life; it rings 24 chimes when the grandfather brings his new wife into his home, and near his death it rings an alarm, which the family recognizes to mean that the elderly gentleman is near death and gathers by his bed. After the grandfather dies, the clock suddenly stops, and never works again.
 ==Sequel==
+Work published a sequel to the song two years after, and again the grandson acts as the narrator. The grandson laments the fate of the no-longer-functioning grandfather clock—it was sold to a junk dealer, who sold its parts for scrap and its case for kindling. In the grandfather's house, the clock was replaced by a [[wall clock]], which the grandson disdains (referring to it as "that vain, stuck-up thing on the wall").<ref>{{cite web|title=Sequel To Grandfather's clock |author=Henry C. Work|location=New York|publisher=C. M. Cady|date=1878|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1878.04007/}}</ref> However, the sequel never reached the popularity of the original.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehhQ89b8_nw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ehhQ89b8_nw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Sequel To MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK - 1878 - Tom Roush |via=YouTube |date=2015-01-21 |access-date=2019-11-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
-Work published a sequel to the song two years after, and again the grandson acts as the narrator.
+The song was covered and translated many times. Versions in other languages may vary; for example, in the Czech version, sung by the country band Taxmeni, the song continues with an additional, joyful strophe, narrating further events in the grandson's life: the birth of his son and the purchase of a new clock on the same day, to maintain the family tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2VS3s2Vjig  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/q2VS3s2Vjig |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=Dědečkovy hodiny | author=Taxmeni | via=YouTube | date=1977}}{{cbignore}} Czech cover version of My Grandfather's Clock</ref>
-The grandson laments the fate of the no-longer-functioning grandfather clock &ndash; it was sold to a junk dealer, who sold its parts for scrap and its case for kindling.  In the grandfather's house, the clock was replaced by a [[wall clock]], which the grandson disdains (referring to it as "that vain, stuck-up thing on the wall").
+==Popularity in Japan==
-However, the sequel never reached the popularity of the original.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQA6SwM8g0M |title=Sequel To MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK - 1878 - Tom Roush |publisher=YouTube |date=2013-12-12 |accessdate=2015-11-18}}</ref>
+"My Grandfather's Clock" became well known in Japan in 1962 when the [[NHK]] children's music program, ''[[Minna no uta]]'', broadcast the recording by [[Tachikawa Sumito]]. It was accompanied by an animated sequence created by {{ill|Taniuchi Rokurō|ja|谷内六郎}}. The song became incorporated into educational settings in Japan ever since. A second version was broadcast on ''Minna no uta'' in 1972, which utilized the same recording, but with a new animated sequence by {{ill|Takeguchi Yoshiyuki|ja|竹口義之}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tomizawa |first=Mizuo |last2=Satō |first2=Keiji |title=みんなのうた《大きな古時計》(1962年）映像再現の試みについて |trans-title=On the Attempt to Revive the 1962 Footage of "My Grandfather's Clock" from Minna no uta |url=https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_download_md/4740658/14_p023.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2024-0406-0407-36/https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp:443/opac_download_md/4740658/14_p023.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=Kyushu University Institutional Repository |page=23–24 |language=ja}}</ref>
+==Original lyrics==
-Since the original song was covered many times, the sequels in other languages may vary. For example, in Czech version, sung by Taxmeni country band, the song continues with an additional, joyful strophe, narrating about further events in grandson's life: a birth of his baby son, and purchase of a new clock at the same day, to keep the family tradition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2VS3s2Vjig | title=Dědečkovy hodiny | author=Taxmeni | publisher=YouTube | date=1977}} Czech cover version of My Grandfather's Clock</ref>
+<!-- READ ME : Please check the actual cited source before "correcting" these original lyrics. -->
+[[File:HenryClayWorkBust.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The City Green in Union Park of [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]], [[Connecticut]] includes this bust of the author near his birthplace.]]
-==Covers and inspirations==
+My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,<br />
-{{trivia|date=January 2018}}
+So it stood ninety years on the floor;<br />
-"My Grandfather's Clock" was often played in Britain on [[Children's Favourites]] and during that period was recorded by the Radio Revellers. In the United States, a version, without the last stanza of lyrics, was on an [[extended play|extended-play]] 45 rpm record on the [[Peter Pan Records|Peter Pan]] label (the other song on that side was ''[[The Syncopated Clock]]'', and the flip side had ''[[The Arkansas Traveler (song)|The Arkansas Traveler]]'' and ''[[Red River Valley (song)|Red River Valley]]''). [[Johnny Cash]] covered the song on his 1959 album ''[[Songs of Our Soil]]''. [[Evelyn Knight]] recorded the song for [[Decca Records]]. Also in 1959, it was included on [[The Four Lads]]' album, ''[[Swing Along]].'' Other versions became popular in other countries; it is well known to many generations in [[Japan]], with a cover by singer [[Ken Hirai]] becoming massively popular in 2002.
+It was taller by half than the old man himself,<br />
+Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.<br />
-In March 1961, on his album, 'Swing Low' (Side 2, Track 1), Sam Cooke did a rendition of the song.
+It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,<br />
+And was always his treasure and pride;<br />
-[[Bing Crosby]] included the song in a medley on his album ''[[101 Gang Songs]]'' (1961).
+But it stopp'd short — never to go again —<br />
-The song was the inspiration for the 1963 ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|Twilight Zone]]'' episode "[[Ninety Years Without Slumbering]]".
-A popular clock toy, marketed by [[Fisher-Price]] from 1962 to 1968, had a dial on it that, when turned, caused the [[music box]] mechanism in the toy to play the song along with clock-like ticking and moving hands on the face of the clock. An updated version of the toy (which is completely made of plastic and with other activities like a clicking plastic mouse on the side) has been manufactured by Fisher-Price since 1994. Imitations of the toy made by various companies exist and are sold in various countries worldwide.
-In 1983, [[Fred Penner]], a Canadian children's entertainer, covered "My Grandfather's Clock" on the LP album Special Delivery, which was later rereleased as Ebenezer Sneezer on CD in 1994.
-A version of the song was recorded by [[Red Grammer]] on his 1994 family music recording, ''Down The Do Re Mi''.
-It was parodied as "My Grandfather's Grunge" by the [[Kenneth Williams]] character [[Rambling Syd Rumpo]] on the BBC radio show [[Round the Horne]], written by [[Barry Took]] and [[Marty Feldman]].
-==Lyrics==
-[[Image:HenryClayWorkBust.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The City Green in Union Park of [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]], [[Connecticut]] includes this bust of the author near his birthplace.]]
-My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,<br>
-So it stood ninety years on the floor;<br>
-It was taller by half than the old man himself,<br>
-Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.<br>
-It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,<br>
-And was always his treasure and pride;<br>
-But it stopped short — never to go again —<br>
 When the old man died.
-:Ninety years without slumbering <br>  (tick, tock, tick, tock),
+:Ninety years without slumbering <br /> (tick, tick, tick, tick), <!-- All ticks. No Tocks. Look it up. -->
-:His life's seconds numbering,<br>  (tick, tock, tick, tock),
+:His life seconds numbering,<br /> (tick, tick, tick, tick),
-:It stopped short never to go again when the old man died
+:It stopp'd short — never to go again —
+:When the old man died.
+In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,<br />
-<br>
-In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,<br>
+Many hours had he spent while a boy.<br />
+And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know<br />
-Many hours he spent as a boy.<br>
-And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know<br>
+And to share both his grief and his joy.<br />
+For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door,<br />
-And to share both his grief and his joy.<br>
+With a blooming and beautiful bride;<br />
-For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door,<br>
+But it stopp'd short — never to go again —<br />
-With a blooming and beautiful bride;<br>
-But it stopped short — never to go again —<br>
 When the old man died.
-:Ninety years without slumbering <br>  (tick, tock, tick, tock),
+:Ninety years without slumbering <br /> (tick, tick, tick, tick),
-:His life's seconds numbering,<br>  (tick, tock, tick, tock),
+:His life seconds numbering,<br /> (tick, tick, tick, tick),
-:It stopped short — never to go again —
+:It stopp'd short — never to go again —
 :When the old man died.
-My grandfather said that of those he could hire,<br>
+My grandfather said that of those he could hire,<br />
-Not a servant so faithful he found;<br>
+Not a servant so faithful he found;<br />
-For it wasted no time, and had but one desire —<br>
+For it wasted no time, and had but one desire —<br />
-At the close of each week to be wound.<br>
+At the close of each week to be wound.<br />
-And it kept in its place — not a frown upon its face,<br>
+And it kept in its place — not a frown upon its face,<br />
-And its hands never hung by its side.<br>
+And its hands never hung by its side.<br />
-But it stopped short — never to go again —<br>
+But it stopp'd short — never to go again —<br />
 When the old man died.
-:Ninety years without slumbering <br>  (tick, tock, tick, tock),
+:Ninety years without slumbering <br /> (tick, tick, tick, tick),
-:His life's seconds numbering,<br>  (tick, tock, tick, tock),
+:His life seconds numbering,<br /> (tick, tick, tick, tick),
-:It stopped short never to go again when the old man died
+:It stopp'd short — never to go again —
+:When the old man died.
+It rang an alarm in the dead of the night —<br />
-<br>
-It rang an alarm in the dead of the night —<br>
+An alarm that for years had been dumb;<br />
-An alarm that for years had been dumb;<br>
+And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight —<br />
-And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight —<br>
+That his hour of departure had come.<br />
+Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,<br />
-That his hour of departure had come.<br>
+As we silently stood by his side; <br />
-Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,<br>
+But it stopp'd short — never to go again —<br />
-As we silently stood by his side; <br>
-But it stopped short — never to go again —<br>
 When the old man died.
-:Ninety years without slumbering <br>  (tick, tock, tick, tock),
+:Ninety years without slumbering <br /> (tick, tick, tick, tick),
-:His life's seconds numbering,<br>  (tick, tock, tick, tock),
+:His life seconds numbering,<br /> (tick, tick, tick, tick),
-:It stopped short — never to go again —
+:It stopp'd short — never to go again —
-:When the old man died.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grandfather's clock |author=Henry C. Work|location=New York|publisher=C. M. Cady|date=1876|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=sm1870&fileName=sm/sm1876/01800/01869/mussm01869.db&recNum=1&itemLink=D?mussm|quote=original publication uses "tick, tick, tick, tick", "tock" was added later|accessdate=5 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="depot">{{cite web | url=http://www.theclockdepot.com/history_of_the_grandfather_clock.html | title=History of the Grandfather Clock | publisher=The Clock Depot | accessdate=June 29, 2012}}</ref>
+:When the old man died.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grandfather's clock |author=Henry C. Work|location=New York|publisher=C. M. Cady|date=1876|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.mussm-sm1876-01869/?sp=1&st=image|quote=original publication uses "tick, tick, tick, tick", "tock" was added later}}</ref><ref name="depot">{{cite web | url=http://www.theclockdepot.com/history_of_the_grandfather_clock.html | title=History of the Grandfather Clock | publisher=The Clock Depot | access-date=29 June 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316184006/http://www.theclockdepot.com/history_of_the_grandfather_clock.html | archive-date=16 March 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-*Zecher, Henry (October 2005). "How an old floor clock became a grandfather". The Pride of Olney (Lion's Club of Olney, Maryland) 30 (76). Retrieved August 12, 2013. on Henry Zecher's personal website
+*Zecher, Henry (October 2005). "How an old floor clock became a grandfather". The Pride of Olney (Lion's Club of Olney, Maryland) 30 (76). Retrieved 12 August 2013. on Henry Zecher's personal website
 ==External links==
+{{Portal|Pop music}}
-* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=sm1870&fileName=sm/sm1876/01800/01869/mussm01869.db&recNum=1&itemLink=D?mussm:2:./temp/~ammem_e78F::&linkText=0 Score]
+* [https://www.loc.gov/resource/music.mussm-sm1876-01869/?sp=1&st=image Original Score]
 * [https://archive.org/details/MyGrandfathersClock 1905 recording from the Internet Archive]
 * [http://www.henryzecher.com/grandfather_clock.htm Story of the clock]
-{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2011}}
+{{authority control}}
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