Leroy Anderson Syncopated Clock Lyrics

Syncopated Clock Lyrics

There was a man like you and me, as simple as a man could ever be;
And he was
happy as a king, except for one peculiar thing.

He had a clock that
worked all right,
It worked all right, but not exactly quite;
Instead of
going "tick, tock, tick",
the crazy clock went "tock, tick,
tock".

The poor old man just raved and raved, because nobody could
say
Why his silly clock behaved that hickory dickory way.
But now a
famous man is he, He owns a public curiosity;
>From far and wide the people
flock To hear the syncopated clock.

Tick-a-tock, tick-a-tock,
There's
a zing in the swing of that clock,
Tock-a-tick, tock-a-tick,
Don't you
think it's a marvelous trick?

Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling,
There's a
zong in the bong of that ring,
Ling-a-ting, ling-a-ting,
Don't you think
it's a wonderful thing?

The experts came to hear and see,
But none of
them could solve the mystery.
They called Professor Einstein too,
He said
"There's nothing I can do".

But soon the fickle human race will find
another freak to take its
place,
And one fine day the man will hock the
poor old syncopated clock.