The Syncopated Clock Songtext
von Eileen Barton

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 song 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