Computer "geeks" Jade and Jennifer
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Folklore Materials
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Early Computer Lore (from Jennifer's archive research):
Text 1
Title: This Old Man
Class: F220
Semester/ Year: Spring 1982
Contributor : Mark Vonderschmitt
This machine it played one
It pushed start and program run.
Chorus:
With a nick knack,
Paddy whack,
Give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home
It’s an IBM 360/85
This computer came alive.
(Chorus)
This machine, it played two
Overloaded the voltage to the CPU.
(Chorus)
This machine, it played three.
Designed its memory to one IC.
(Chorus)
This machine, it played four
Changed its logic from and to or.
(Chorus)
This machine, it played five,
Memorized data from the tape drive.
(Chorus)
This machine, it played six,
Told the CE what to fix.
(Chorus)
This machine, it played seven.
Printed out the “Road to Heaven.”
(Chorus)
This machine, it played eight,
Shipped itself to Rome airfreight.
(Chorus)
This machine, it played nine,
Told the pope it was divine.
(Chorus)
This machine, it played ten,
To sing all over, push START again.
(Chorus)
Context: Because the exact author of this song remains anonymous, we can
only speculate on the purpose of the above song. However, the song was
probably meant for entertainment, which can be deduced from the nursery rime
tune that it is set to. The seemingly advanced computer words and
abbreviations like CPU, IC, CE, and tape drive all verify that the song was
written for the enjoyment of adults, and not children. The main performers
and audience members of this song had to have been people who were familiar
with computers and how they operate, because at the time no one else would
have understood the computer language consistently seen in the piece. The
paper where I found this song was written in 1982, so the song is at least
23 years old.
Text 2
Title: Illiac 4
Class: F220
Semester/ Year: Spring 1982
Contributor: Mark Vonderschmitt
A
computer named Illiac 4
Had a rather tough bug in its core.
It chewed up its cards,
And spewed yards and yards
Of illogical tape on the floor.
Context: Similarly to text piece one, the author of this piece remains anonymous, and it is almost identical to the song in terms of the information we can glean from it. This limerick was probably mainly used for entertainment and targeted adults. More specifically, the limerick was written for computer technicians because it mentions the Illiac 4 which was one of the very first computers ever built. The Illiac 4 was manufactured in 1974, so this poem was written between 1974 and 1982. The fact that the poem mentions the Illiac 4 by name is a testament to the fact that it was probably also written by computer technician.
Text 1
Original Contributor:
Mark Vonderschmitt
Title:
Computer Folklore with an emphasis on Micro Computers
Class:
F 220
Semester: Spring Semester, 1982
Contributor:
Jade Bowman
Angie is a saleswoman at a computer store, Pugsly is a programmer who knows how to run a complex word processor called ‘Wordstar’ and Supersalesman is a salesman at the computer store who knows how to sell, but not much about computers.
Angie: Pugsly…line one.. our salesman needs help copying a Wordstar disk.
Pugsly: (<censored> grate) ok…hello…yeah….this is what you do…put the system master copy in drive A and then install the version of Wordstar in drive B…now type in ‘A:’…yes…yes…hit return now…type in ‘era.*.*’ and type ‘y’ again and return. Good.”
Supersalesman: Now what do I do?
Pugsly: You just erased both disks…you can’t do shit…. Now this will teach you a lesson to read the docs (documentation) when I say read the docs…so you are done now and <censored> you for bothering me.
<click> hummmmmmmm…..
Supersalesman:
Pugsly……pugsly…..pugsly!!!!!(2)
Text 2
Original
Contributor:
http://www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/cyberspace/folklore/legends.shtml
Title: Legends
Of and On the Internet
Class: N/A
Semester: N/A
Contributor: Jade
Bowman
Rumor has it that there are videotapes circulating from last Wednesday night when two people were arrested at King (Library) for getting caught fornicating (having sex) at the top of the third flight of stairs in King Library. Evidently, surveillance cameras have watched this couple be quite active for a while now, and when a head librarian saw what was going on, she called the police in to charge the individuals with Indecent Exposure, etc. . . . I think this is hilarious! Does anyone know more about it? I find the entire situation to be quite ironic since it's so feasible. I'm surprised it isn't the big joke in this week's Miami Student Newspaper . . . sex always grabs the headlines(3).
Context: This email was titled “Sex in the Library???” and it was sent to approximately 307 students on April 16, 1998. The relevant context to the mail is basically that it was sent to students at Miami University and the members of the audience were the 307 students who received it. Also, it must have been circulated around campus fairly quickly and gained much attention. Emails that contain stories focusing on sex as well as a student’s school would rapidly increase the rate of transmission because those are two subjects apparent in student life.
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Text 1
Contributor: Jennifer Harber
Informants: http://www.computerjokes.net/050.htm; By: Alam Saeed
Title: The 12 Bugs of Christmas
Semester/ Year: Fall 2005
For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
See if they can do it again.
For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Ask them how they did
it and
See if they can do it again.
For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Reinstall the
software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Say they need an
upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Blame it on the
hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Change the
documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Say it's not
supported
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
Tell them it's a
feature
Say it's not supported
Change the documentation
Blame it on the hardware
Find a way around it
Say they need an upgrade
Reinstall the software
Ask for a dump
Run with the debugger
Try to reproduce it
Ask them how they did it and
See if they can do it again.
Context: Because the date of the creation of this song cannot be found, we can only speculate about when it was written. However, the song was probably meant for entertainment, which can be deduced from the Christmas carol tune that it is set to. The obvious computer words used in the song like hardware, software, debugger, and upgrade all verify that the song was written for the enjoyment of computer technicians, and not the general populous. The main performers and audience members of this song had to have been people who were familiar with computers and how they operate, because very few other people would find them funny and entertaining. The internet website where I found this song looks to be older in construction, leading me to speculate that the song was posted in the mid 90’s.
Text 2
Contributor: Jennifer Harber
Informants: http://www.computerjokes.net/023.htm; By: Anonymous
Title: Murphy's Laws of Computing
Semester/ Year: Fall 2005
1. When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen.
2. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it's probably obsolete.
3. The first place to look for information is in the section of the manual where you least expect to find it.
4. When the going gets tough, upgrade.
5. For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
6. To err is human . . . to blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human, it is downright natural.
7. He who laughs last probably made a back-up.
8. If at first you do not succeed, blame your computer.
9. A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
10. The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
11. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want to do.
Context: The author of this piece remains anonymous. This group of jokes is probably mainly used for entertainment and targeted adults who are familiar with Murphy’s Law and computers. More specifically, the joke was written for computer technicians because it mentions computer upgrades, malfunctions, and back-up’s. This joke was taken from the same website as the song above and therefore was probably written in the mid to late 90’s.. The fact that the joke combines Murphy’s Law and computers is a testament to the fact that it was probably also written by computer technician for computer technicians.
Text 3
Contributor: Jennifer Harber
Informants: http://www.computerjokes.net/023.htm; By: Anonymous/ Various
Title: How You Know You Are A High Tech Worker
Semester/ Year: Fall 2005
It's dark when you drive to and from work.
You see a good looking person and know it is a visitor.
You sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for three different companies.
Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.
You learn about your layoff on CNN.
Your biggest loss from a system crash is that you lose your best jokes.
Your supervisor hasn't the ability to do your job assignment.
You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet.
Salaries of the members on the Executive Board are higher than all the Third World countries' annual budgets combined.
Weekends are those days your spouse makes you stay home.
Being sick is defined as can't walk or you're in the hospital.
All real work gets started after 5pm or on weekends.
10% of the people you work with (boss included) -- knows what they do.
Vacation is something you rollover to next year.
Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers" or "does something with satellites"
You read this entire list and understood it.
Context: The author of this piece also remains anonymous, and is almost identical to Text 2 in terms of the information we can glean from it. This group of jokes is probably mainly used for entertainment and definitely targets computer technicians and programmers. The title of the joke, which is How “You Know You Are A High Tech Worker,” is evidence enough that computer workers are the intended audience. This joke was taken from the same website as the two texts above and therefore was probably written in the mid to late 90’s.
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Text 1
When
professors say this… they really mean this!
*
This needs some minor revision. (I never actually got around to reading
this.)
* My office hours are by appointment only. (I like to get out of here
early.)
* Ten percent of your grade is based on class participation. (I’ll be
fudging your grades.)
* This won’t be on the test. (Nap time!)
* Bring the text to class. (I don’t have a clue how to lecture ... we’ll
just kill time with group read-alongs.)
* Talk to the department secretary. (Get lost.)
* Talk to me in my office after class. (Get out of my face.)
* The tests will all be multiple-choice. (I take questions directly from
the study guide and have grad students do all my grading.)
* Don’t come in late during my lecture. (I have the attention span of a
fruit fly.)
* Save your questions until the end. (See above.)
* The final will be comprehensive. (I’ll expect you to recapitulate in two
hours everything I couldn’t fully cover myself in 15 weeks.)
* Everyone will prepare in-class oral presentations. (This course is
outside my specialty—I’ll just bluff it and let YOU teach.)
* There are two TAs available to help you. (I can’t be bothered.)
* This year I’ll be scaling the grades. (I just passed tenure review.)
* Let’s break up into quiet discussion groups. (I have a hangover.)
* Let’s have class outdoors today! (I had beans for lunch.)
* You won’t be able to sell back the text to the bookstore. (My contract
wasn’t picked up.)
* Please note the last day to withdraw. (The midterm’s gonna suck.)
* The answer to number 4 is "b," and just skip number 17. (I only got
around to making up the test last night.)
* The second list is optional reading. (I have a rich fantasy life.)
* I haven’t had a chance to make up the syllabus for this course yet. (The
idiot department chair stuck me with teaching this course at the last
possible minute.)
* Well, it was on the syllabus. (I’ll hold you responsible for this even
though I forgot about it myself.)
* We’ll just skip the term paper this semester. (There wasn’t enough in the
budget for a TA.)
* Bring a number 2 pencil to the exam. (See above.)
* Attendance is required and will be counted in your grade. (I’m so boring
that no one would show up otherwise.)
* Read chapters 5 through 10. (I’m not coming in at all next week.)
* We’ll have to cover this chapter quickly. (I screwed up the lecture
schedule.)
* Let’s go over the exam. (Half of you failed.)
* It was in the textbook. (I pulled it out of thin air.)
* I’m postponing today’s exam. (There’s stuff on the exam I forgot to
cover.)
* Don’t write on the question sheet. (I’m so lazy I just use the same
exams every semester.)
Text 2
You enter the laboratory and see an experiment. How will you know which class it is?
If
it’s green and wiggles, it’s biology.
If it stinks, it's chemistry.
If it doesn’t work, it’s physics.
Context:
David Shay collected
jokes circulating around the work environment of all kinds of professions,
since May 25. 2005. He posted these on his web site "Workjoke.com".
URL:
http://www.workjoke.com/
Text 3
A
chemist walks into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist, “Do you have any
acetylsalicylic acid?”
“You mean aspirin?” asked the pharmacist.
“That’s it, I can never remember that word.”
Context: From David Shay's
"Workjoke.com".
URL:
http://www.workjoke.com/
Text 4
What’s the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?
Mechanical engineers build weapons.
Civil engineers build targets.
Context: From David Shay's
"Workjoke.com".
URL:
http://www.workjoke.com/
Text 5
A
mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer were all given a red rubber ball
and told to find the volume.
The mathematician carefully measured the diameter and evaluated a triple
integral.
The physicist filled a beaker with water, put the ball in the water, and
measured the total displacement.
The engineer looked up the model and serial numbers in his red-rubber-ball
table.
Context: From David Shay's
"Workjoke.com".
URL:
http://www.workjoke.com/
Text 6
*This one is really funny. About computers’ support staff:
Caller: Hello, is this the Help Line?
HelpLine: Yes, it is. How may I help you?
Caller: The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my
warranty period. How do I
go about getting that fixed?
HelpLine: I'm sorry, but did you say a cup holder?
Caller: Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer.
HelpLine: Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped, it’s because I am. Did
you receive this as part of a promotional, at a trade show? How did you get
this cup holder? Does it have any trademark on it?
Caller: It came with my computer, I don’t know anything about a
promotional. It just has 4X’ on it.
At this point the HelpLine operator realized that the caller had been using
the load drawer of the CD-ROM drive as a cup holder, and snapped it off the
drive.
Context: From David Shay's
"Workjoke.com".
URL:
http://www.workjoke.com/
Text 7
A
social worker asks a collegue: “What time is it?”
The other one answers: “Sorry, don’t know, I have no watch.”
The first one: “Never mind! The main thing is that we talked about it.”
Context: From David Shay's
"Workjoke.com".
URL:
http://www.workjoke.com/
Texts 8-11
Doctor jokes
“Doctor, doctor, will I be able to play the violin after the operation?”
”Yes, of course...”
”Great! I never could before!”
“Doctor, Doctor, You've got to help me - I just can’t stop my hands
shaking!”
”Do you drink a lot?”
”Not really - I spill most of it!”
Doctor: “I’ve got very bad news – you’ve got cancer and Alzheimer’s”
Patient: “Well, at least I don’t have cancer”
A
SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE: “I have an ear ache.”
2000 B.C. – “Here, eat this root.”
1000 B.C. – “That root is heathen, say this prayer.”
1850 A.D. – “That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.”
1940 A.D. – “That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.”
1985 A.D. – “That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.”
2000 A.D. – “That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root!”
Context: From David Shay's
"Workjoke.com".
URL:
http://www.workjoke.com/
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Received from David Roth, alias Pugsly:
I was a music student at Indiana University School of Music in the late 70s and early 1980s. My interest in computers was sparked by using software that ran on the CDC 6600/Cyber 172 to provide music notation.
While using TELEX, which is what ran the online terminals, I discovered there was a notesfile system on the mainframe, NOTE, very much like web-based forums. While in Bloomington, I took a job as a programmer (with a puffed up title of Software Division Manager) at Data Domain, one of the first computer stores in the US. This is before the PC was available for sale or an Apple Macintosh. What was sold were Apple IIs and CP/M based systems which ran WordStar, a screen word processor.
The majority of my job, besides doing custom software programming, was to fix the salesman's mistakes after a system was sold. My attempts to prevent this from reoccurring were largely ignored. For me to claim it was merely a poorly run business doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what a mess the place was. The place was open on Saturdays which was my day off. However, I couldn't get any real work done during the week, and like a fool I came in on Saturday to get a few things done. I was in the office for only a moment when there was a phone call for me. It was our salesman, Mike, who was referred to in-house as our super salesman by myself and the hardware staff. Mike got it in his head that he must install the software for a new computer system he sold to a customer onsite, and in front of the customer. I did my best to explain to him that this wasn't a good idea, that it should be done in the office like it always is. He said that he would install it onsite himself. He ignored the fact that he never installed software ever and doing so by himself onsite was only going to embarrass himself and our company.
This phone call was from Mike, informing me that he was onsite and needed help installing the software. Mike's former job was not selling computers, but selling cameras in a camera store. I realized that the only way to prove my point that this was not how things were going to be done, was to torture him. I instructed him to place the new software disks into the computer drives and issue the CP/M command ERA which is used to erase files. This forced me to leave, bring the computer back to the office; it was installed properly on my regular working day. He never suggested installing anything onsite again, and neither did anyone else.
While this might appear that I was not a "team player," I would argue that what I was doing was not just for my own workload and sanity but for the good of the company -- even though the company itself was far from being good. Because in the early wild pioneering days of the micro computing industry almost nothing worked "out of the box" and it required installing patches by hand, which included entering in machine code (hex) into a binary program file to make it work. The expression I have heard since of "airing our dirty laundry" in front of the customer was what I was trying to avoid. Data Domain shortly after this sold its controlling interest to a customer who owned a construction company and shortly after that sold it to another company which resulted in Data Domain finally closes its doors.
The person credited as Original Contributor in Text 1, "Mark Vonderschmitt," was a frequent member also of NOTE. I'm sure that Mark saw my original posting.
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From Elise’s journal -- collected on Facebook:
YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY THE
|^^^^^^^^^^^^|
|PRETTY GIRL TRUCK | '|""";.., ___.
|_..._...______===|= _|__|..., ] |
"(@ )'(@ )""""*|(@ )(@ )*****(@
ONCE YOU'VE BEEN HIT, YOU HAVE TO HIT 08 PRETTY GIRLS.
IF YOU GET HIT AGAIN YOU'LL KNOW YOU'RE REALLY PRETTY!
IF YOU BREAK THE CHAIN, YOU'LL HAVE UGLYNESS FOR 10
YEARS LIKE ALL OUR IMITATORS. SO HIT PRETTY GIRLS TO LET
THEM
KNOW THEY'RE PRETTY.
YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY THE
^^^^^^^^^^^^|
|Alcohol Truck | '|""";.., ___.
|_..._...______===|= _|__|..., ] |
"(@ )'(@ )""""*|(@ )(@ )*****(@
ONCE YOU'VE BEEN HIT, YOU HAVE TO HIT 8 Alcoholics IF YOU
GET HIT AGAIN YOU'LL KNOW YOU'RE REALLY F***ED UP! IF YOU
BRAKE THE CHAIN, YOU'LL BE CURSED WITHOUT SEX FOR 10 YEARS
SO PASS IT ON!!!
YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY THE
|^^^^^^^^^^^^|
|BEAUTIFUL truck | '|""";.., ___.
|_..._...______===|= _|__|..., ] |
"(@ )'(@ )""""*|(@ )(@ )*****(@
ONCE YOU'VE BEEN HIT, YOU HAVE TO HIT 8 Beautiful People IF YOU
GET HIT AGAIN YOU'LL KNOW YOU'RE REALLY BEAUTIFUL! IF YOU BRAKE
THE CHAIN, YOU'LL BE CURSED WITH UGLYNESS FOR 10 YEARS
YOU'VE
BEEN HIT BY THE
|^^^^^^^^^^^^|
|SEXY truck | '|""";.., ___.
|_..._...______=== _|__|..., ] |
"(@ )'(@ )""""*|(@ )(@ )*****(@
ONCE YOU'VE BEEN HIT, YOU HAVE TO HIT 8 PEOPLE!
IF YOU GET HIT AGAIN YOU'LL KNO YOUR REALLI sexy!
IF YOU BRAKE THE cHAIN, YOULL BE CURSED WITH
UN*SEXYNESS FOR 10 YEARS SO PASS IT HIT WHO EVER
YOU THINK IS sexy
DUCK!...
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I just hit you with a snowball!
This is the beginning of Snowball Fight 2005!!
The only rule is no hitting someone who
already hit you...and no hitting in the ear...we
all know that hurts. Have fun hitting your friends (:
Item 1: “Beer”
Available at this link: Beer
The first song I present is called “Beer” by Asylum Street Spankers. I found this song as I was browsing my friend’s MySpaces. Brad Ellington, who is a sophomore here at Indiana University, had this song playing on his profile. This music group is not very popular and therefore is not well known.
Text:
Speed is a drag
It’s a big big drag
Set your mind on fine
Coke is a joke
Rather take a toke
Hopin and a chokin
With your brain cells smokin
Trippin on acid
Makes you flaccid
Heroin aquarium
Marijuana makes me wanna
Eat candy and eat Madonna
With her hair with bleached
With hydrogen peroxide
Well I tried them all
And I might sound queer
But my favorite drug
Is a nice cold BEER
BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER…..
Item 2: “The S&M Man”
At this link: The S&M Man
Next, I present from Yahoo! a song called “The S&M Man.” It is a pretty vulgar song, sung mostly by fraternities and rugby players but can also be found at the bars with groups of people chiming in. It is sung as a parody of the 1972 hit “Candy Man.”
Text:
Who can take Grandpa (who can take Grandpa)
Pump him full of 'ludes (pump him full of 'ludes)
Drop him in a gay bar
With a bunch of horny dudes?
Chorus: The S&M Man, the S&M Man
The S&M Man can 'cause he mixes it with love,
And makes the hurt feel good (the hurt feel good)
Who can take a glass rod (who can
take a glass rod)
Shove it up his prick (shove it up his prick)
Lay it on the table
And smash it with a brick?
Chorus
Alternate chorus [sing after every five or six verses]:
The S&M Man, the S&M Man
He's the one who hurt your mother
Sodomized and raped your brother
There can never be another (doo-di-doo, doo-di-doo...)
Who can take a cheese grater (who
can take a cheese grater)
Strap it to his arm (strap it to his arm)
Rub it back and forth
'Til he makes pussy parmesan?”
Item 3: “I Used to Work in Chicago”
At this link: I Used to Work in Chicago
The third song I present was found on Yahoo! again. It is called “I Used to Work in Chicago.” It is typically sung at the bars with groups of people chiming in as they are getting drunk. It is also known to be sung by rugby players. The lyrics are humorous because of oblique sexual references. On Wikipedia it says that the earliest printed date for this song is March 1945 in the underground mimeographed song book Songs of the Century.
I used to work in Chicago
In a Department Store,
Behind the cafeteria
-a lady came in the door
She said she wanted an egg
I asked her what part would she like
(Yiddish accent) Yolk she vanted, yoke I told her
I'll never work there anymore...
Item 4: “Starkle”
At this link: Starkle
The fourth song I present was found through doing research through Google. It is called “Starkle.” It has many tongue twisters in the lyrics. It is typically sung at parties and I assume that it is used as a measurement to see how drunk someone is. If they can sing it then they are not too drunk but if they can’t then they are pretty drunk. It is said to be very popular with the Irish.
Text:
Starkle starkle little twink
Who the hell you are I think
I'm not under what you call
The affluence of incahol
I'm just a little slort of sheep
I'm not drunk like tinkle peep
I don't know who is me yet
But the drunker I stand here
The longer I get
Just give me one more drink
To fill me cup
'cuz I got all day sober
To Sunday up.
Item 5: “Irish Drinking Song”
At this site: Lyrics
The last song I present is very popular on student’s MySpaces. It is called “Irish Drinking Song” by the Dropkick Murphys. Many students have this song as their favorite. The song is a full lyric song with a chorus and two verses. Therefore, students do not normally sing this in groups as they do the other songs. They typically play this song at parties on the stereo and bars play it as well.
Text:
Well I
stumbled at two am all drunk and fulla smoke
My wife said I have had enough Thats it I'm sick get out
So I stumbled down to Kelly's Pub, across the edge of town
An I told the boys me story and we had another round
Chorus
We'll drink an drink an drink an drink
an drink an drink an fight
We'll drink an drink an drink an drink
an drink an drink an fight
And if i see a pretty girl I'll sleep with
her tonight
Yes, We'll drink an drink an drink an drink
an drink an drink an fight
And
Mary MacGraegor , well she was a pretty whore
She'd always greet you with a smile and never locked her door
But on the day she died all the men in town did weep
For Mary MacGraegor finally got some sleep
Chorus
Well I
once loved a girl, a child I'm told
I gave her my heart and she gave me a cold
So now I sit standin here out in the pourin rain
I'll stumble back to Kelly's Pub and cry away me pain
I'll
drink an drink an drink an drink
an drink an drink an Fight
We'll drink an drink an drink an drink
an drink an drink an fight
And if i see a pretty girl
I'll sleep with her tonight
an I'll drink an drink an drink an drink
an drink an drink an Fiiiiiiiiiiight