Recorded by Johnny Cash

Words and music by Henry Work

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 him- self

Though it weighed not a penny-weight more;

It was bought on the morn; Of the day that he was born

And was always his trea- sure and pride

But it stopped short - nev-er to go a- gain

When the old man died.

My grandfather said that of those he could hire

Not a servant so faith- ful he found

For it wasted no time and had but one de- sire

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 stopped short - nev-er to go a- gain

When the old man died.

Refrain:

Ninety years without slumbering

(Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)

His life seconds numbering

 ( Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)

It stopped short - nev-er to go a- gain

When the old man died.