Father William

"Yu ban old, Fader Olaf," a young geezer      say, "yure hair it ban whiter sum snow;     Ay lak yu to tal me how yu keep so young.      By Yudas! Ay ant hardly know."     "Ven ay ban a young kid," Fader Olaf he      say, "ay never hang out in saloon;     Ay never ban smoking dese har cigarettes, or      sitting on sofa and spoon!"     "Yu ban slim, Fader Olaf," the young faller      say: "old fallers ban mostly dam fat.     Yu measure 'bout tventy-sax inches reund      vaist, vat for ban the reason of dat?"     "In the days of my youth," Fader Olaf      reply, "ay ant drenk no lager from cup;     Ay let all my frends fight dis bourbon and      rye, and alvays pass breakfast fude up!"     "Fader Olaf, yure eyes ban so bright sum a      star, yu ant vear no glasses at all;     Ay lak yu to tal me gude reason for dis;      ay hope yu don't give me no stall."     "All the days of my life," Fader Olaf den      say, "ay never ban going to shows,     And straining my eyes vatching dese chorus      girls vich ant veering wery much clo'es!"     Den young faller say, "Fader Olaf, ay tenk      yu ban full of yinger, old pal;     But yu had to be missing gude times all yure      life, so ay skol keep on raising hal!"