"Grandfather's Clock" - Larry Hooper, 1956 Lawrence Welk Show 

As a small child, I watched the Lawrence Welk show. Larry Hooper was my idol. l tried to imitate his deep voice with my squeaky little boy voice with little success, but l did my best!

Heard this as a boy in grade school during music time. And now for the first time in 57 years I hear it again. I never forgot this song :)

This man's voice, my god.... It's incredible

I swear, the older I get, the more I love this song!

His voice is really awesome. I wish i can sing like him.

My sister and I used to beg our mom to let us stay up long enough to see the Lennon Sisters, and so we watched a lot of Lawrence Welk every Saturday night (after our bath). We loved this guy. I don't think we knew his name, but we called him "Lowey".

I think Larry would have been more than pleased to know that nearly 70 years later, and way beyond, people would still be enjoying his incredible voice by the miracle of the internet.

My grandmother used to play this song on her piano. We would all join in and sing along with her. It’s great to hear it again.

I… was not expecting that voice

The song was composed in 1876 by Henry Clay, who also composed the Civil War song, "Marching Through Georgia". It's a sad song about a clock that seems to know when the owner will die. Here's the last verse, which isn't heard here: "It rang an alarm in the dead of the night - An alarm that for years had been dumb; And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight - That his hour of departure had come. Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime, As we silently stood by his side; But it stopped short - never to go again - When the old man died." Now for a few details behind the story: the old man in the song was a Norwegian farmer in the midwestern United States named Sven, and he was mighty thrifty, he hated to waste anything. When he was on his death bed, with the clock ticking in the next room, his family came in to be with him for the last time. Sven said to his wife, "Inge, is that you?", and she replied, "Yes Sven, I am here." Then he asked, "Is our son Lars here with you?" and she said, Yes, Sven, he is here with me." "And what about our daughter Elsa, is she here?" "Yes Sven, Elsa is here, we're all here with you." Then old Sven opened his eyes, looked off into the distance like he saw a vision, and said with his last breath, "Inge.....if the whole family is here.......why is the light still on in the kitchen?" And the clock stopped. :)

My daddy's grandfather clock has been tucked away in a corner here at my house for years. I've been wanting to sell it, just to gain some more floor space. After hearing this song for the first time, I'm now having second thoughts.

His voice is so deep!

Wonderful song and voice! Every single Saturday night, as a child, we watched this show. Mom's favorite. Now I know why.

He was always my favorite on the Lawrence Welk show. He had such a friendly smile and a warm personality and he was really good on the keys. He is greatly missed!

I use to watch Lawrence Welk with my grandparents. Larry was my grandmother's favorite and of course mine (and the bubbles.) I used to say "There he is", when the camera panned him on the left side of the stand. My grandmother passed in 1962. Thank you for posting Larry so I can still hear him and remember them both.

I gotta admit that this is my favourite version of this song 🎵 🎉❤😊

Outstanding gentleman!

we are making it to 6am with this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

The first time I ever watched this show was when Mr. Hooper came on and played this version. God, it was amazing.

My very first favorite song! And I was born in 1953! Anytime Lawrence Welk was on I watched, loved the bubbles on the set, too.

Mmmm yes this was the song that played in the prize corner at fredrick’s fancy ballroom

When I was young and learning to play base clef music, Larry's brother, Jim Hooper, taught me a great deal. Jim Hooper played in the Naval Academy Band. I never met Larry but I spoke with Jim about him often. Good old days....

I remember this when I was a kid.

I might well have seen this show when I was all of 3 years, ten months old. Some memories stay with you.

Oh, how this brings back memories. Our family of six always sat together to watch this show every Sunday. When I was in the Army in 1968, and stationed at Ft Ben Harrison, Indiana, Mr Welk and his band were performing at the Indiana State Fair, at the time I attended it with a boyfriend.

He's got a voice that makes Darth Vader sound like Michael Jackson

Love this song. It was demanded by letters that he do it once a year on the show!

Love that deep bass voice that Larry Hooper had.

What a fabulous song sung by a fabulous voice and talent.

This is a treasure ! Thanks for sharing

Ларри Великолепный. Обаяние и волшебный тембр

I never heard of this guy before, but wow what a voice. BTW, there is a 3d verse to that song.

I didn't expect his voice to be so deep!

Might or might not have found this while in a deeeeeepppp FNAF internet whole...

Man I remember this guy singing "The Reluctant Dragon". Great voice.

Wow.. what an amazing voice. kind of calm and soothing.

I used to listen to this on a 45 RPM at my grandmother’s home. Repeatedly. I haven’t heard this in over 50 years. Thanks for posting.

Mr.Hooper is still one of my favorites from the show,i enjoyed family night watching this show through, the 60's and 70's till the end,Lawrence Welk show still airs on Saturdays on PBS channels hosted by Mary Lou Metzger or Bobby Burgess,cherished memories from this show...thank you for sharing video

Love Larry Hooper he was the best.

Fisher Price brought me here lol. It was the song in their little clock toy. Loved it.

Hello mr.Afton

I think I like this arrangement better than the the 1960 recording.

Just saw this entire episode last Saturday night. Love those old Lawrence Welk shows. Thank you for uploading this. Lawrence sure had a knack for finding great talent, their were so many wonderful and talented people on his show. Plus, they were just "nice" people.

Guys, we need to wind up the music box.

What a bass tone!

Great voice!! Can anyone do this now? I doubt it. I love it.

I wish I could have met my grate grandma Mr. Hooper 😏 His voice is amazing

Wonderful

Was not expecting that

Love this! Thank you, Richard

iron plated voice box that man had. wow.

I love my grandfathers clock never tire of hearing this old song…

Love this oldie

I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE MARIONETTE SINGING HER FAVORITE SONG!!

A wonderful a wonderful.

Почему так мало просмотров? Это прекрасно!

great song

My grandma used to play this song all of the time 🥹❤

Бас божественен. Сейчас, то ли бабы таких не рожают, то ли хз... Слушаю и наслаждаюсь

ŁZY SAME SIĘ CISNĄ DO OCZU szczególnie kiedy do tych 90 lat już tak niewiele zostało

Great.

Awesome ❤❤❤

All the verses 😊

I love this song. I don't know where I first heard it from as I'm 49, and have only ever heard the first verse. It's great to hear the rest. It just suddenly popped into my head today and I thought I would just see if it was on RU-vid. Wow.......there it is . Thank you .

This song is what gave the grandfather's clock it's name . Before it the clock was known grnerecaly as a tall case clock.

waooo voice of voice

B side ,A side was Calcutta 45rpm record

Wow

This is an old song since it was filmed in black and white

I have seen a severe lack of FNaF comments, good, good, let's keep this gem pure

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Yooh THIS IS LIKE FNAF LIKE I HEARD IT FROM TIKTOK

How’d he make his voice do that

This is the opposite version of Maple's, it is deeper with proper English.

Класс

My Mom sang this to me, as did my Grandmother. The recording we had was Tennessee Ernie Ford. Wow. Such clear memories of being 4 years old - 1960 🥰🥰🥰

🌹🌹🌹⭐️⭐️⭐️🙏💫☺️

"Wunerful, wunerfula"

RIP voice actor of darth vader

It was not for nothing Larry Hooper’s nickname was “Bullfrog.” When he sang, it was like a tuba with legs on stage.

:)

did he singed it to the marionette?

if larry hooper made good music:

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 brought me here.

Lady charlotte emilius the fourth

this voice like darthvader

Lol

kinda weird how he gives all those eighth notes for nothing at the start

This guy's voice... holy crap it's low! Love it!!!

this is such a dark song- it's not really surprising that im here though xD (im saying i like dark things) but im here wondering why such a dark song is for kids! like why?

What's the singer's name?

This was probably considered quite good - until the Everly Brothers got hold of the song.

Sounds like Ken to me

I wish he would sing it a bit lower

FNAF

ZZ

Mr. Grinch?

Dand his voice is so flat