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   "kateh"  wrote in message   
   news:J91Ne.53569$vb3.22056@fe07.lga...   
   > "Helen"  wrote   
   >>> Your dad did Grandfather Clock, eh?   
   >>> I heard that for the first time....just this past weekend.   
   >>> KateH    :)   
   >>>   
   >> Go check out Doc Watson's site.  Grandfather Clock...that's a real   
   >> ((((old))) one.   
   >> I think it dates back to the War Between The States.   
   >   
   > Thanks Helen, couldn't find it..... do you know which site?   
   > Kate(there are a few!)H   :)   
   >   
   Artist/Band: Watson Doc   
   Lyrics for Song: Grandfather's Clock   
   Lyrics for Album: The Best Of Doc Watson   
   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   
      
   http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/watson-doc/grandfathers-clock-1516.html   
      
   There's a short audio clip here:   
   http://www.mp3.com/tracks/1735026/dl_streams.html   
      
   Audio clips here: http://www.mp3.com/albums/204309/summary.html   
      
   http://music.msn.com/album/default.aspx?album=113932   
      
   A page of sites, tabs, chords, audio, etc. :   
      
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=doc+watson+%22Grandfather+   
   lock%22&btnG=Google+SearchI'llI have to research more for the song's   
   origin...but iirc it is from the CivilWarera or before.Enjoy,Helen   
      
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