There was a man like you and me,

As simple as a man could ever be;

And he was happy as a king,

Except for one peculiar thing.

He had a clock that worked all right;

it worked all right, but not exactly quite;

In stead of going“tick, tock, tick”,

The crazy clock went “ tock, tick, tock”,

The poor old man just raved and raved

because nobody could say 

Why his silly clock behaved that hickory dickory way.

But now a famous man is he,

He owns a public curiosity,

From far and wide the people flock

 to hear the syncopated clock.

There’s a zing in the swing of that clock.

Don’t you think it’s a marvelous trick?

There’s a zong in the bong of that ring.

Don’t you think it’s a wonderful thing?

The experts came to hear and see but none of them could solve the mystery.

They called Professor Einstein too,

he said “There’s nothing I can do.”

But soon the fickle human race will find another freak to take its place,

And one fine day the man will hock the poor old syncopated clock.

 

從前有個平凡傢伙

心思單純絕不輸人

情緒開朗海闊天空

只有一事非常難過

他的時鐘一切都好

只有一點讓人苦惱

別的時鐘是滴答滴

怪鐘卻老愛答滴答

老傢伙他大發雷霆

只因人人都說不準

這鐘怎能胡搞亂鳴

但他現在有名有姓

眾人因此大感好奇

遠近人群四面雲集

時鐘切分值得一聽

這鐘走得特別積極

總能稱作奇異創舉

這鐘發出乒乓唧哩

總能說有神奇魔力

學者專家都來推敲

還是無法破解謎題

甚至驚動愛因斯坦

他也覺得太過離奇

人類總愛見異思遷

必會找到其他驚奇

總有一日進到當鋪

切分時鐘下場可期