May God Bless and Keep The Forks

Note: sung in two parts:  S = software people, H = hardware people, A = all

A  May the Forks protect and defend you.
A  May they always keep you from harm.
A  May you never run
A  A wholine or a robot arm.

A  May you not learn ZORK or ADVENTURE
A  May Forks keep you safe from that craze.
A  Strengthen them, O Forks,
A  And keep them from the gamester's ways.

A  May you be like SAIL and like PARC-MARX.
A  May your users love you the most.
A  May you come to be
A  On Ethernet the perfect host.

S  May Forks bless you
S  And grant you low loads.
H		     May the Forks fulfill our magic chant for you.
H  May Forks make you
H  Good Ethernet nodes.
S		     May they do the things that humans can't for you.

S  May the Forks prevent software crashes.
H          May the Forks prevent hardware crashes.
S  May they always shield you from shame.
H          May they always shield you from blame.
S  Favor them, O Forks,
H          Favor them, O Forks,
S			with maintanence and peace.
H				with maintanence and grease.
A  O hear our magic chant!
A  Aaaaaaaaaaaaaamen.