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.

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

In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,
Many hours had he spent as 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.
But it stopped,short,never to go again
When the old man died.

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 its hands never hung by its side.
But it stopped, short, never to go again When the old man died.

In rang in 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 has come.

Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,
As we sliently stood by his side.
But it stopped, short, never to go again.
When the old man died.

this song is a song which is very in fashion in Japan