in the land of hickory dock
there once stood a great big clock
people came from miles around
just to hear is ticking sound
on the hour he would chime
counting seconds and keeping time.
then one day there came a mouse
he climbed inside and made his house
inside the clock he would stay
and listen to it tick away
when the mouse got tired
he would go to bed
deep inside the clock
to rest his weary head