Alice In Wonderland - Father William Lyrics

You are old, Father William, the young man said,

And your hair has become very white

And yet you incessantly stand on your head,

Do you think at your age it is right?



In my youth, Father William replied to his son,

I feared it might injure my brain

But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none

Why do it again and again.



You are old, said the youth, one would hardly suppose

That your eyes was as steady as ever

Yet you balance an eel on the end of your nose

What made you so awfully clever?



I have answered your questions and that is enough,

Said his father, don't give yourself airs

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?

Be off! or I'll kick you downstairs!