Parody of “Arafel's Lament”, words by
Mercedes Lackey
, music by
Kathy Mar
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Parody lyrics ©2022-04-15 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
The program made by elves
Is what I wake to every day
The tree of sorted dewdrops waits for me
With misty morning subroutines
And shamrock-based arrays.
How can I add a node into the tree?
The program made by elves
Is what I work on all day through
The tree of sorted dewdrops waits for me
And no amount of cola
makes it easier to do
How can I add a node into the tree?
The program made by elves
Is nothing mortals typed or penned
The tree of sorted dewdrops waits for me
There’s no way to determine
if this rainbow loop will end
How can I add a node into the tree?
The program made by elves
Where no one dares to touch a line
The tree of sorted dewdrops waits for me
For touching introduces bugs
No mortal eye can find
How can I add a node into the tree?
The program made by elves
Is mine to upgrade and maintain
The tree of sorted dewdrops waits for me
But since I said I authored it
I don’t dare to complain
How can I add a node into the tree?
The program made by elves
Is half a million lines of code
The tree of sorted dewdrops waits for me
And I alone can count the cost
Of freeware elves bestowed.
How can I add a node into the tree?
And I alone am left to trace the ORs and NOTs and ANDs.
The tree of sorted dewdrops waits for me
It makes me miss spaghetti code
These cotton-candy strands.
How can I add a node into the tree?
The program made by elves
Was weird before it was compiled
The tree of sorted dewdrops waits for me
For a year of elven tech support,
I’d trade my first-born child!
How can I add a node into the tree?
The tree of sorted dewdrops!
The tree of sorted dewdrops!