Keypunchers punch it on cards

sung to the tune of "Stonecutters cut it on stone" from CAROUSEL
lyrics by Bob Kanefsky

My mother used to say to me,
"When you grow up, my son,
I hope you're as dumb as your father was
'Cause a hacker ain't no fun!"

Keypunchers punch it on cards;
Archivers dump it on tape:
There's nothing so bad for a system as
The hackers it drives ape.

'Tain't so!  'Tis too!
'Tain't so!  'Tis too!

The disk drive turns your life away.
There's no relief in sight.
Debugging assignments for classes all day
And aimless hacking all night.