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Original song |
Friend of the Devil |
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Original artist |
Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter |
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Filk author |
Larry Stone |
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Intro |
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Friend of the System
Submitted by Jeff Brandenburg
Sung to the tune of "Friend of the Devil"
by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter
I logged on to the Ed-VAX, left a trail of coffee grounds.
Didn't get to sleep that night 'til the morning came around.
Chorus:
Said I'll run my program but it will take some time;
A friend of the System is a friend of mine.
If I get done before daylight,
I just might write some code tonight.
Ran into the System, baby, and it tried to blow me off.
Spent the evening learning Pascal but still all it does is scoff!
(chorus)
I tried to run the editor, but the System caught me there;
It took my FORTRAN program and it vanished in the air!
(chorus)
Got two reasons why I stay awake each night and day;
The first one's name I can't pronounce, but he is my TA.
The second one's my college Dean, 'cause I'm about to fail!
She says if I don't pass C.S. I won't be long at Yale.
Got a program in T-Lisp, baby, and one in FORTRAN IV.
The first one has a hundred bugs but the other one has more!
(chorus)
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