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Sung to the tune of The Welsh marching song: MEN OF HARLECH.

                is WOAD


What's the use of wearing braces,
Hats and spats and shoes with laces,
Vests and coats you buy in places
      Down on Brampton Road?
What's the use of shirts of cotton,
Studs that always get forgotten?
Such affairs are simply rotton,
      Better far is Woad!

      Woad's the stuff to show men,
      Woad to scare your foemen --
      Boil it to a brilliant blue,
      And rub it on your legs and your abdomen!
Ancient Brittons never hit on
Anything as good as Woad to fit on
Neck and knees and where you sit on--
      Tailors you be blowed.

Romans came across the channel,
All dressed up in tin and flannel.
Half a pint of Woad per man'll
      Clothe us more than these!
Saxons, ye may save your stiches,
Building beds for bugs in britches.
We have Woad to clothe us, which is
      Not a nest of fleas.

      Romans, save your armor,
      Saxons, your pajamas--
      Hairy coats were mad from goats,
      Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs, and llamas!

So march on Snowdon with your Woad on;
Never mind if you get rained or snowed on,
Never need a button sewed on--
Woad for us today.


To bring Woad up to today---

What's the use of incantations
Needing strange gesticulations,
Eyeballs of obscure crustaceans,
Toenails of a toad?

What's the use of years of training,
Spells that don't work when its raining,
Or because the moon is waining?
Better far is Code.

   Code's the stuff we write now.
   Code that's clean and tight now.
   Run it through your Apple II
   (try not to stay up fixing it all night now.)

   Ancient mages, through the ages
   Frequently were prone to vi'lent rages
   Due to pouring over pages
   Filled with ink that glowed.

Oftentimes a poor old biddy
Found on her familiar kitty
Ticks and fleas, which (more's the pity)
Moved into her rugs.

Shamans using dung from cattle
With small insects must do battle
We have Code to serve us that'll
Not be frought with bugs.

   Shaman, save your tonic
   Witch, your friends demonic,
   We've the means, with our machines,
   To make phantasms visual and sonic.

   If you've stayed with code that's made with
   Pricipled technique and not been played with
   You won't need a wizard's aid with
   User-friendly Code!
                                Bob Kanefsky



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... I C E-man ... does the work of 3 Men...  Moe, Larry & Curly  ,-0

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