The Mock Turtle's Song

"The Lobster Quadrille" is a song written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll).

The poem is very similar to "The Spider and the Fly" in its rhyme scheme, meter, and tone.

The first lines of the two songs are as follows: Will you walk a little faster said a whiting to a snail... (The Lobster Quadrille) Will you walk into my parlour said a spider to a fly... (The Spider and the Fly) The song fits into the flow of chapters 9 and 10, "The Mock Turtle's Story" and "The Lobster Quadrille", which are about the Mock Turtle's life and schooling under the sea.

The snail is invited to join a dance in which he would be cast into the English Channel towards France, but he fearfully declines.

"[2] The song was performed by Franz Ferdinand (band) for the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland.

The song was performed by the band The Four Postmen on their 1997 album Looking for Grandpa in an upbeat modern style.

The song was performed by the punk rock band Feederz on their 1986 album Teachers in Space.