About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed

The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Music Division

  • The importance and propriety of a better system of musical education
  • La cambiale di matrimonio
  • In love, if love be love : Vivian's song
  • Juvenile songs, religious, moral, and sentimental
  • The Giants of 1908
  • Octandre
  • Trois caprices pour le violon, op. 20
  • Stage coach
  • Sonata for viola and piano
  • Collection of organ music, chiefly fugues
  • The Horace Greeley campaign songster
  • Pièces de clavecin
  • Hayes & Wheeler song book
  • The Jubilee Songs, chorusses, &c.;
  • Commonplace book of songs
Previous Next

COLLECTION
American popular songs

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Sheet music, 1896

View as book

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed
Additional title: In a quaint old country vilage stands, a plain old fashioned home. [first line]
Additional title: The clock will tell when day departs, for time ticks gaily on. [first line of chorus]
Names
Kelly, John T. (Composer)
Kelly, John T. (Lyricist)
Natus, Joe, 1860-1917 (Singer)
Collection

American popular songs

Sheet music, 1896

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1896
Place: New York ; Chicago
Publisher: M. Witmark & Sons
Library locations
Music Division
Topics
Songs
Death
Life cycle, Human
Longcase clocks
Time
Waltzes
Genres
Scores
Notes
Content: On cover: Sung with great success by Jos. Natus in Hoyt's "A black sheep" co. Cover includes portrait photograph of Joe Natus.
Content: Cover illustrations shows drawings of a grandfather clock at center, to the right side of which is an elderly bearded, bald reaper with scythe; to the right is a woman sitting on the steps of a building stoop, looking dejected, and being covered with snow; to the left women and men are dancing at a ball.
Content: Summary: Where once a woman lived in wealth, she now lives in poverty, and is eventually found dead. Time keeps moving on.
Statement of responsibility: written and composed by John T. Kelly.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 score (8 p.) ; 35 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10826013
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21757455
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f1679d60-c590-012f-412e-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1896: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-fc2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-fc2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-fc2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-fc2a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (notated music) The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed, (1896) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 20, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

The clock will never strike again the hours that have passed