Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-11-29

with 'Grapdfather's Clock The first
that the music dealers knew of the sue
cess of the piece was from the large or
ders they received from tho country. In
fact the piece has been popular in the
country for over year. Last winter it
was just as popular in Philadelphia as it
is now in New York and Brooklyn, and
for year and half it has sold in large
numbers on the Passifc coast. think
the first concert troupe that brought il
out was the 'Hyer Sisters Combination
They are negroes. They brought it out
in New England, Sam Lucas singing the
solo,and an invisible quartettc the chorus.
saw by the papers that it was success
ful, and went to New Haven one night
to hear it. 1t was certainly good
thing. The audience gave them double
and triple encores, AS Sam Lucas said,
they tore up the benches l must tell
you Of a funny experience had with
the San Francisco minstrels, for it is
good joke on Wambold. When the song
was first published took copy up to
Wambold and told him I thought it
would make hit. He laughed at me.
Said he got bushels of such stuff every
day. / went away. After the song
began to sell well in the country 7 went
there again, and he treated me no better.
Said he didn't want any one to come
telling him what was in his line : that
he wouldn't have such trash on his pro-
gramme. | wasn't over and above
pleased | said to my self as l went
away: II shan't go there again, but
Mr.. Wambold you'll have to sing that
song yet. And now every night you
may read on the programme of the San
Francisco Minstrels, Mr. Wambold will
sing "Grandfather's Clock."' Tn going
up there some time, and ask Wambold
if he hasn't some champagne on ice for
me. | think the joke is on him."
"Well, then, Mr.. Work is no longer
so very poor p
Poor should say not. I pay him
now $3.50 month on 'Grandfather's
clock alone, and he gets good thing
on others that he has written. You
know that he wrote the famous temper
ance song Father, Come Home He
now has another of similar charac-
ter, though not temperance song, call
ed Shadows on the WALL and he has
also just finished sequel to 'Grandfath-
er's Clock And another thing, Work
not only writes the songs, words and
music, but he designs the title page
AS | said before, he's got it in him"
Knowing that there are thousands of
the Suns readers who, while able to
hum or whistle this popular and univer-
sal song, still are ignorant of the words
the writer copied the first and last verses
for their especial benefit:
Ny grandiather's clock was too tall for the
Shelf 4U
| So it stood ninety years on the floor;
II was taller by half than the old man himself,
| Though il weighed not pennyweight more
II was bought on the morn Of the day he was
And was always his treasure and pride;
But il stopp'd short-never to 60 again
| When the old man died.
Chorus 500
Ninety years without slumbering, (tick, tick,
tick, tick),
His life seconds numbering, (tick, tick, tick,
tck),
II stoppd short--never to go again
When the old man died.
The second stanza tells Of the growth
from boyhood to manhood Of the grand
father, and how the clock seemed to share
his grief and joys:
For Il struck twenty-four when he entered
the door,
With blooming and beautiful pride
But II s.pop'd sbort-never to go again
When the old man died.
The third stanza speaks of the fidelity
Of the clock, which must have been an
eight-day clock, for it had only one de-
sire, viz:
At the close Of the week to be wound.
It was also cheerful for"
| II kept in It's place, not frown on Its face,
| And its bands ne'er hung by It's side
| But II stopp'd short--never 10 90 again
When the old man died.
The fourth and last stanza is worthy of
reproduction, as exhibiting rather re-
markable degree of intelligence in
clock. For
7, rang an alarm in the dead Of the night
An alarm that for years had been dumb;
And we knew that bis spirit was plnmed for
flight
That his hour for departure had come.
Still the clock kept the time with a soft mufiled
chime,
As we silently stood by his side,
But IL stopp'd short-never TO 20 again
When the old man died.
The "Sequel to Grandfather's Clock"
shows that after the old man died
strangers occupied the premises. and that
the old clock was carried of to the junk
dealers and fancy clock reigned in its
stead. The chorus says;
Grandfather sleeps IN his grave,
Strange steps rcFound In the hall
And there's thavvain, stuck up theng
(Tick, tick, tick. tick, tick, tick, tick, tick)
There's that vain stuck.up thing on the wall.
He was an entire stranger 10 the girls
present, and the boys ye:e mean and
would not introduce him. He finally
plucked up courage, and stepping up 10
a young lady requested the pleasure Of |
her company for the next dance. She
looked at him in surprise, and Informed
him that she had not the pleasure Of his
"Well," remarked the
young man. "you don't take any more
chances than | do.
lie has great powers Of endurance.
said he Of a friend. believe that II
the emergency demanded il he would
be able % bear up under twenty hours Of