You Are Old, Father William

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You Are Old, Father William (1866)
by Lewis Carroll

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This poem from chapter 5 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland became far more popular than the poem it was parodying, "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them" by Robert Southey.

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Versions of You Are Old, Father William include:

"You Are Old, Father William" in chapter 5 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland—for versions, see Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"Father William" in Poems That Every Child Should Know (1904)

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