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英文歌曲:Grandfather's Clock

Grandfather's Clock Artist：平井坚 My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half than the old man himself And it weight not a penny's weight more It was bought on the morn that my g

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