Leroy Anderson The Syncopated Clock Lyrics

The 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.