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My Grandfather's Clock. "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.
Ninety Years Without Slumbering. " Ninety Years Without Slumbering " is episode 132 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The title comes from the lyrics of the song "My Grandfather's Clock", which is sung or played throughout the episode as a recurring motif. As in the song, main character Sam Forstmann (played by Ed ...
Clocks (song) " Clocks " is a song by British rock band Coldplay, released on 17 March 2003 via Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom. It was written and composed as a collaboration among all the members of the band for their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. The song is built around a piano riff, and features cryptic lyrics ...
Hickory Dickory Dock. "Hickory Dickory Dock". Illustration by William Wallace Denslow, from a 1901 Mother Goose collection. Nursery rhyme. Published. c. 1744. Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Hickory Dickory Dock " or " Hickety Dickety Dock " is a popular English-language nursery rhyme.
Whittington chimes. Whittington chimes, also called St. Mary's, are a family of clock chime melodies associated with St Mary-le-Bow church in London, [1]: 5 which is related to the historical figure of Whittington by legend. Whittington is usually the secondary chime selection for most chiming clocks, the first being the Westminster.
Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832, Middletown – June 8, 1884, Hartford) was an American songwriter and composer of the mid-19th century. He is best remembered for his musical contributions to the Union in the Civil War—songs documenting the afflictions of slavery, the hardships of army life and Northern triumphs in the conflict.
The lyrics of "Fat El Ma'ad" delve into themes of love, longing, and the passage of time. They reflect the pain of missed opportunities and the melancholy of lost love. The song's narrative portrays a poignant story of a love that could not be fulfilled.
A grandfather clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, hall clock or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock, with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 metres (6–8 feet) tall with an enclosed pendulum and weights, suspended by ...