My Grandfather's Clock
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"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 bluegra
"Grand-Father's Clock" was first published in 1876.
It was in this Piercebridge hotel that the author encountered a remarkable clock that inspired the song.
The City Green in Union Park of Middletown, Connecticut includes this bust of the author near his birthplace.
Henry Clay Work
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Henry Clay Work was an American songwriter and composer. He is best remembered for his musical contributions to the Union in the Civil War: songs documenting the afflictions of slavery, the hardships
My Grandfather's Clock
…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…
Routes of the Underground Railroad, through which Alanson Work helped manumit fugitive slaves
Sheet music cover of "The Ship That Never Returned"
The sinking of the Lady Elgin in 1860, for which Work penned one of his numerous sentimental ballads