"You Are Old, Father William" is a song. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum sing part of it in the 1951 Disney film, Alice in Wonderland. They Might Be Giants sing the full song in the soundtrack of the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland.
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| - "You Are Old, Father William" is a song. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum sing part of it in the 1951 Disney film, Alice in Wonderland. They Might Be Giants sing the full song in the soundtrack of the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland.
- This poem is a parody of a now-forgotten song.
- You Are Old, Father William is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). It is recited by Alice in Chapter 5, "Advice from a Caterpillar" (Chapter 3 in the original manuscript, Alice's Adventures Under Ground). Alice informs the caterpillar that she has previously tried to repeat "How Doth the Little Busy Bee" and has had it all come wrong as "How Doth the Little Crocodile". The caterpillar asks her to repeat "You are old, Father William", and she recites.
- The poem is a conversation between a young man and Father William in which the youth questions the old man about his odd behavior. Father William explains why he keeps standing on his head, why he turned a back-somersault, and how he managed to eat a whole goose bones and all. But when the young man asks one question too many, the feisty old man replies “Be off or I’ll kick you down-stairs!”
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| - John Tenniel's illustrations accompany the poem
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| - "You Are Old, Father William" is a song. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum sing part of it in the 1951 Disney film, Alice in Wonderland. They Might Be Giants sing the full song in the soundtrack of the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland.
- The poem is a conversation between a young man and Father William in which the youth questions the old man about his odd behavior. Father William explains why he keeps standing on his head, why he turned a back-somersault, and how he managed to eat a whole goose bones and all. But when the young man asks one question too many, the feisty old man replies “Be off or I’ll kick you down-stairs!” “You Are Old, Father William” is a parody of a poem by Robert Southey, “The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them.” Whereas the original pious poem is largely forgotten today, Carroll’s version remains popular, appearing in many anthologies as a stand-alone poem.
- This poem is a parody of a now-forgotten song.
- You Are Old, Father William is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). It is recited by Alice in Chapter 5, "Advice from a Caterpillar" (Chapter 3 in the original manuscript, Alice's Adventures Under Ground). Alice informs the caterpillar that she has previously tried to repeat "How Doth the Little Busy Bee" and has had it all come wrong as "How Doth the Little Crocodile". The caterpillar asks her to repeat "You are old, Father William", and she recites.
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