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.
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."
