My first recollection of Lewis Carroll’s poem “You are old father william” is hearing it read by Mr Delacruz, a wonderful teacher at the Royal School for the Blind (Wavertree School) in Liverpool. It is a marvelous piece of nonsense verse and never fails to raise a smile whenever I read it.
“You are old, father William,” the young man said, “In my youth,” father William replied to his son, “You are old,” said the youth, “as I mentioned before, “In my youth,” said the sage, as he shook his grey locks, “You are old,” said the youth, “and your jaws are too weak “In my youth,” said his fater, “I took to the law, “You are old,” said the youth, “one would hardly suppose “I have answered three questions, and that is enough,”
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