StNicholas [serial] . ck So tall,In your niche in the wall,Have you memories faintOf dear ladies quaint,With high powdered hair,Who tripped up this stair ? THE FAMILY CLOCK. I99 Tell me, I pray, Is this what you say ? Tick, tock, I re seen many a frock,And the witchery fairOf a gleaming lock /Tick, tock,Many a frock, And the witchery fairOf a gleaming lock / Old clockSo tall,In your niche in the wall,Do you never feel affrightIn the dead of the night,When winds howl drear,And strange noises you hear?Or tell me, I pray,Is this what you say ? Tick, tock, I m a doughty old clock ; I know no fear

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StNicholas [serial] . ck So tall,In your niche in the wall,Have you memories faintOf dear ladies quaint,With high powdered hair,Who tripped up this stair ? THE FAMILY CLOCK. I99 Tell me, I pray, Is this what you say ? Tick, tock, I re seen many a frock,And the witchery fairOf a gleaming lock /Tick, tock,Many a frock, And the witchery fairOf a gleaming lock / Old clockSo tall,In your niche in the wall,Do you never feel affrightIn the dead of the night,When winds howl drear,And strange noises you hear?Or tell me, I pray,Is this what you say ? Tick, tock, I m a doughty old clock ; I know no fear ; Let them rage and knock ;Tick, tock,Rage and knock;I know tio fear — A doughty old clock! Old clockSo tall,In your niche in the wall,Will you still tick awayA hundred years from to-day,With your smiling faceAnd your polished case ?And then, I pray,1 Is this what you 11 say ? Tick, tock, I m the family clock,Two hundred years old,Of good old , tock, Good old stock, Two hundred years old,The family clock !.

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