Poor kitchen clock

I've been neglecting assorted small tasks around the house without even realizing it and one of those, which I keep noticing but not getting around to fixing, is replacing the batteries in the kitchen clock. The poor thing keeps chiming the hour and the tune it plays is drawn out in a slow werrrrn-wroooooouuun-wooourrrrrnnnnn-weeeerrrrn sound that is so pitiful sounding. I'll have to change the battery today, just need to write a note on my to-do list and then not loose the list again.