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He had white horses And ladies by the score All dressed in satin And waiting by the door

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

White lace and feathers They made up his bed A gold covered mattress On which he was laid

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

He went to fight wars For his country and his king Of his honor and his glory The people would sing

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

A bullet had found him His blood ran as he cried No money could save him So he laid down and he died

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

  "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 would injure the brain;
  But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
    Why, I do it again and again."
~ Lewis Carroll https://allpoetry.com/Father-William