1.   Listen to the kitchen clock!
          To itself it ever talks,
          From its place it never walks;
     "Tick-tock -- tick-tock: "
          Tell me what it says.
2.   "I'm a very patient clock,
          Never moved by hope or fear,
          Though I've stood for many a year;
      Tick-tock -- tick-tock:"
          That is what it says.
3.   "I'm a very truthful clock:
          People say about the place,
          Truth is written on my face;
      Tick-tock -- tick-tock:"
          That is what it says.
4.   "I'm a most obliging clock;
          If you wish to hear me strike,
          You may do it when you like;
     Tick-tock -- tick-tock:"
          That is what it says.
5.   "I'm a very friendly clock;
          For this truth to all I tell,
          Life is short, improve it well;
     Tick-tock -- tick-tock:"
          That is what it says.
6.   What a talkative old clock!
          Let us see what it will do
          When the hour hand reaches two;
     "Ding-ding -- tick-tock:"
          That is what it says.