Alice asked , for she had heard a good deal of poetry that day . ` It 's long , ' said the Knight , ` but very , VERY beautiful . Everybody that hears me sing it -- either it brings the TEARS into their eyes , or else -- ' ` Or else what ? ' said Alice , for the Knight had made a sudden pause . ` Or else it does n't , you know . The name of the song is called `` HADDOCKS ' EYES . '' ' ` Oh , that 's the name of the song , is it ? ' Alice said , trying to feel interested . ` No , you do n't understand , ' the Knight said , looking a little vexed . ` That 's what the name is CALLED . The name really IS `` THE AGED AGED MAN . '' ' ` Then I ought to have said `` That 's what the SONG is called '' ? ' Alice corrected herself . ` No , you ought n't : that 's quite another thing ! The SONG is called `` WAYS AND MEANS '' : but that 's only what it 's CALLED , you know ! ' ` Well , what IS the song , then ? ' said Alice , who was by this time completely bewildered . ' I was coming to that , ' the Knight said . ` The song really IS `` A-SITTING ON A GATE '' : and the tune 's my own invention . ' So saying , he stopped his horse and let the reins fall on its neck : then , slowly beating time with one hand , and with a faint smile lighting up his gentle foolish face , as if he enjoyed the music of his song , he began .
Of all the strange things that XXXXX saw in her journey Through The Looking-Glass , this was the one that she always remembered most clearly .
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