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Article 826 of rec.humor.funny:
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From: tlode%nyx.uucp@nike.cair.du.edu (trygve lode)
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Subject: From the Unnatural Enquirer: The Programmer Song
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Date: 6 Oct 90 23:30:05 GMT
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Of course I never wanted to be a Lumberjack; I wanted to be a
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* * * P R O G R A M M E R * * *
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...Writing line after line as they compile within the mighty CPU of the
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CRAY-1; the giant CDC 7600, the 370, the mighty 68040...with my pocket
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protector in my side pocket...we'd sing...sing...sing....
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Oh, I'm a programmer and I'm O.K.
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I work all night and I sleep all day
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(chorus) He's a programmer and he's O.K.
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He works all night and he sleeps all day
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I type in code, I read my dumps, I take them to the lavatory,
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On Wednesdays I finish debugging and write thirteen lines of C
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(chorus) He types in code, he prints his dumps, he takes them to the
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lavatory,
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On Wednesdays he finishes debugging and writes thirteen lines
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of C
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He's a programmer and he's O.K.
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He works all night and he sleeps all day
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I type in code, I branch and jump, I press the reset button
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I write modules in COBOL that don't do nothin'
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(chorus) He types in code, he branches and jumps, he presses the
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reset button
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He writes modules in COBOL that don't do nothin'!?! Yeecch!
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He's a programmer and he's O.K.
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He works all night and he sleeps all day
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I type in code, I spill tape reels, punchcards, and cola
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I wish I'd been an ME, just like my dear mama!
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(chorus) He types in code, he spills tape reels, punchcards,
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and...COLA!?!
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<various outraged and incoherent deprecatory mumblings>
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(chorus) He's a programmer and he's O.K.
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He works all night and he sleeps all day....
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The Unnatural Enquirer, (C) 1990 by Trygve Lode (tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu)
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May be reproduced and distributed freely in unmodified form on a
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noncommercial basis provided that this notice remains intact.
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