Song of the clock (James Holmes Rosecrans)
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- (Posted 2024-06-05) CPDL #80842:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-06-05). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 358 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Song of the clock
Composer: James Holmes Rosecrans
Lyricist: William Henry Gardner
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1893 The Ruebush-Kieffer Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
All the day and all the night,
How the old clock ticks away!
Ticking when the sun shines bright,
Ticking when the sky is gray.
Tick, tock, tick, tock!
Always cheerful is its greeting,
Tick, tock, tick, tock!
Hark! ’tis singing “Time is fleeting,
Work away, then, children dear,
You must start your life-work here.”
When the happy boys and girls
Enter with their bags and books,
On bright eyes, and shining curls,
With a welcome face it looks.
When vacation comes along,
And the children go away,
Someone says the old clock’s song,
Ticks out sadly all the day.
While we grow and learn each year,
Patiently it ticks away,
And we leave it with a tear,
When there comes our parting day.