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The Syncopated Clock
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Leroy Anderson
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Words by Mitchell Parish
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Music by Leroy Anderson
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Charted at # 12 in 1951
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Competing Version by The Boston Pops Orchestra hit # 28.
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There was a man like you and me, as simple as a man could ever be;
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And he was happy as a king, except for one peculiar thing.
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He had a clock that worked all right,
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It worked all right, but not exactly quite;
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Instead of going "tick, tock, tick",
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the crazy clock went "tock, tick, tock".
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The poor old man just raved and raved, because nobody could say
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Why his silly clock behaved that hickory dickory way.
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But now a famous man is he, He owns a public curiosity;
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>From far and wide the people flock To hear the syncopated clock.
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Tick-a-tock, tick-a-tock,
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There's a zing in the swing of that clock,
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Tock-a-tick, tock-a-tick,
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Don't you think it's a marvelous trick?
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Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling,
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There's a zong in the bong of that ring,
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Ling-a-ting, ling-a-ting,
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Don't you think it's a wonderful thing?
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The experts came to hear and see,
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But none of them could solve the mystery.
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They called Professor Einstein too,
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He said "There's nothing I can do".
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But soon the fickle human race will find another freak to take its
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place,
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And one fine day the man will hock the poor old syncopated clock.
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Syncopated Clock
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| The Boston Pops Orchestra |
