What was "too large for the shelf ", so it stood on the floor for 90 years?

Answer 1

Grandfather's Clock
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Henry Clay Work, 1876

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.
Chorus:
But it stopped short, never to go again,
When the old man died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tock,
His life seconds numbering, tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped short never to go again,
When the old man died.

2. 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.
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3. 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 it’s hands never hung by its side.
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4. 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 its side.
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From the song published by Amsco Music Sales Co., USA, 1933

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Answer 2

THE OLD GRANDFATHER CLOCK was too tall for the shelf so he stood 90 years on the floor

Answer 3

Johnny Cash sung a song about this titled Grandfather Clock. Written (I think by Henry Work)

An excerpt from the lyrics

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 penny-weight more;
It was bought on the morn; Of the day that he was born
And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped short - never to go again
When the old man died.

Answer 4

my grandfathers clock was too large for the shelf
so it stood 90 years on the floor

Answer 5

My grandfathers clock was too tall for the shelf so it stood ninety years on the floor,
it was taller by far than the old man himself ,
though it weighed not a penny weight more....

Answer 6

"My Grandfathers clock was too large for the shelf and stood ninety years on the floor. It was taller by half than the old man himeself but weighed not a pennyweight more..." Jeez, that song takes me way back
Vicki R

Answer 7

The grandfather clock

Answer 8

My grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelf, so it stood ninety years on the floor.....

Answer 9

My Grandfather clock

Answer 10

It's "My Grandfathers' Clock", and just out of interest, in an 'alter ego' I was a pianist in a dance band, and one of the jobs we did was to play at a big 'do' in a pub in a village called Piercebridge which is just south of Darlington off the old A1, and in the entrance to that pub was that VERY CLOCK about which the song was written! Just thought you'd like to know !!!