One of the first popular songs to exceed one million sheet music copies sold, inspired by a clock at the Birchfield Hotel in Yorkshire said to have stopped at the moment of its owner's death.
The song was inspired by a clock in the Pierce Hotel of Wisconsin, which reportedly stopped working at the exact moment of its owner's death.
"Grandfather's Clock" is a nostalgic 19th-century folk song depicting a clock that ticks in sync with its owner's life, famously stopping at his death. Its rhythm mimics clock mechanics, and it popularized the term "grandfather clock."
One of the most famous parlor songs of the Victorian era, "Grandfather's Clock" by Henry Clay Work popularized the term "grandfather clock" through its sentimental story about a clock that stops at its owner's death.
