TIL that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "grandfather clock" originated from the popular song "My Grandfather's Clock", written in 1876 by American composer Henry Clay Work. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by jvsrvs t3_z5tjka on November 27, 2022 at 6:14 AM in todayilearned 11 comments 212
allenahansen t1_iy33w5r wrote on November 28, 2022 at 11:26 AM When I was a little girl, my father used to sing this rather creepy song to me as a lullaby; I've housed an inordinate dislike of Grandfather Clocks ever since. . . . Permalink 1
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