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You are old, Father William," the young man said, "All your papers these days look the same
Those William's would be better unread -- Do these facts never fill you with shame?...
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?...
You are old if you remember Joe Namath in pantyhose.
You are old," said the youth, "and I'm told by my peers That your lectures bore people to death.
Yet you talk at one hundred conventions per year -- Don't you think that you should save your breath?...
You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than sue
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak -- Pray, how did you manage to do it?...
You are old, said the youth, and your programs don't run, And there isn't one language you like
Yet of useful suggestions for help you have none -- Have you thought about taking a hike? Sinc...
You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fa
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door -- Pray what is the reason of that?...
You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And make errors few people could bea
You complain about everyone's English but yours -- Do you really think this is quite fair?...
You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as eve
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose -- What made you so awfully clever?...
You are on an unused path.

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