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I'm reverting this paragraph that was inserted (perhaps as vandalism) by 216.118.190.9 on 15 September 2016.
The clock in question was actually owned by Work's father-in-law, Daniel Parker, who lived with his family in Greenwich ("green-witch") Village, Massachusetts, one of the villages later taken to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir. Work wrote the song while sitting by a millpond, during a lunch break from his job at the nearby Walker's Sawmill. The clock is still in the Parker family.
This paragraph is contradicted by other stories about the origin of the song, such as this one (cited on the longcase clock article):
This all occurred in The George Hotel in Yorkshire, where an American songwriter by the name of Henry Clay Work discovered a long grandfather clock. When he asked about the clock, he was informed that it had two owners. After the first owner died the clock became inaccurate and when the second owner died, the clock stopped working all together. The story inspired Henry to create the infamous song.
