"Grandfather's Clock" is a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work. It is a standard of British brass bands and colliery bands and is also popular in bluegrass music. Before this song became popular, floor standing clocks were known merely as tall case clocks or longcase clocks. They became known as "grandfather clocks" as a result of this song. The earliest known recording of this song was performed by Harry Macdonough and the Edison Quartet in 1905. It was also recorded by Johnny Cash on Songs of Our Soil (1959), Tennessee Ernie Ford on Gather 'Round (1959), Bing Crosby on 101 Gang Songs (1961), John Fahey on Days Have Gone By (1967), The Country Gentlemen on On The Road (1963), The Seldom Scene on Live At The Cellar Door (1975), Miles Martin Folk Group on Miles Martin Folk Group (1971), Bill Staines With Guy Van Duser on Old Wood And Winter Wine (1977), David Grisman & Tony Rice on Tone Poems (1994), Ed Trickett on Gently Down The Stream Of Time (1977) and many others. Even though the autoharp is not an historically correct instrument to accompany this, it is so much fun to play that it my preferred accompaniment. I like playing it on the banjo in G but I like it better on the autoharp in F.