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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 bluegrass music. The Oxford English Dictionary says the song was the origin of the term "grandfather clock" for a longcase clock. In 1905, the earliest known recording of this song was performed by Harry Macdonough and the Haydn Quartet.
"Grand-Father's Clock" was first published in 1876.
"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.
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.
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 composer and songwriter known for the songs Kingdom Coming, Marching Through Georgia, The Ship That Never Returned and My Grandfather's Clock.
'Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song', Civil War songs by Henry Clay Work published 1885
'Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song', Civil War songs by Henry Clay Work published 1885
Cover of the sheet music to "Marching Through Georgia".
Cover of the sheet music to "Marching Through Georgia".
A bust of Henry Clay Work near his birthplace in Middletown, Connecticut.
A bust of Henry Clay Work near his birthplace in Middletown, Connecticut.
Henry Clay Work's headstone in Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT
Henry Clay Work's headstone in Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, CT