My grand-father's clock was too large for the shelf,
So it stood ninety years on the floor;
It was taller by half than the old man himself,
Though it weighed not a penny weight more.
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I love this old poem, l read it to my sibling who is in a nursing home and he asked me to say it again and his face lite up, so nice to see him smile.
I remember this poem from my childhood. My dad read it to us children O still remember the chorus. I am 89 years old.