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When I Was A Boy
[Verse 1]
FWhen I was a boy our NinCtendo
Was Fcarved from an old Apple Ctree
And we Fused garden hose to conCnect it
To our Dsteam-powered color tGv.
But it Fstill beat that ancient AtCari
'Cuz I Falmost went blind, don'tcha Cknow,
Playing FBreakout and Pong on a Cvideo game
Hooked Dup to the raGdio.
[Chorus]
And we Fwalked twenty miles to the Cschoolhouse
FBarefoot, uphill both Cways,
FThrough blizzards in summer Cand winter
DBack in the good old Gdays.
BFack when Fortran was not even CThree-tran
FAnd the PC was only a Ctoy
And we Fdid our computing by Cgaslight
DWhen I was a Gboy.
[Verse 2]
FWhen I was a boy all our Cnetworks
Were for Fhauling in fish from the Csea--
Our Fbawd rate was eight bits an Chour (and she was worth it!),
And our DIP address was just G3.
And you Fkids who complain that the World Wide CWeb
Is too slow Foughtta cut out your Cbitchin',
'Cuz when FI was a boy every Cpacket
Was Ddelivered by carrier Gpigeon
[Chorus]
FAnd we walked twenty miles to the Cschoolhouse
FBarefoot, uphill both Cways,
FThrough blizzards in summer Cand winter
DBack in the good old Gdays.
Back when FFortran was not even CTwo-tran
And the Fmainframe was only a Ctoy
And we Fdid our computing by Ctorchlight
DWhen I was a Gboy.
[Verse 3]
FWhen I was a boy our ICS shop
Built Frelational tables Cfrom wood,
And we Fwrappered our data in Coilcloth
To Dpreserve it the best that we Gcould.
And we Fcarried our bits in a Cbucket,
And our Fmainframe weighed C900 tons,
And we pFrogrammed in ones and in Czeros
And Dsometimes we ran out of Gones.
[Chorus]
FAnd we walked twenty miles to the Cschoolhouse
FBarefoot, uphill both Cways,
FThrough blizzards in summer and Cwinter
DBack in the good old Gdays.
Back when FFortran was not even COne-tran
And the Fabacus? Only a Ctoy!
And we Fdid our computing in Cprimordial darkness
GWhen I was a Cboy.

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When I Was A Boy

by Joe Bethancourt

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When I Was A Boy

[Verse 1]

F C

When I was a boy our Nintendo

F C

Was carved from an old Apple tree

F C

And we used garden hose to connect it

D G

To our steam-powered color tv.

F C

But it still beat that ancient Atari

F C

'Cuz I almost went blind, don'tcha know,

F C

Playing Breakout and Pong on a video game

D G

Hooked up to the radio.

[Chorus]

F C

And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse

F C

Barefoot, uphill both ways,

F C

Through blizzards in summer and winter

D G

Back in the good old days.

F C

Back when Fortran was not even Three-tran

F C

And the PC was only a toy

F C

And we did our computing by gaslight

D G

When I was a boy.

[Verse 2]

F C

When I was a boy all our networks

F C

Were for hauling in fish from the sea--

F C

Our bawd rate was eight bits an hour (and she was worth it!),

D G

And our IP address was just 3.

F C

And you kids who complain that the World Wide Web

F C

Is too slow oughtta cut out your bitchin',

F C

'Cuz when I was a boy every packet

D G

Was delivered by carrier pigeon

[Chorus]

F C

And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse

F C

Barefoot, uphill both ways,

F C

Through blizzards in summer and winter

D G

Back in the good old days.

F C

Back when Fortran was not even Two-tran

F C

And the mainframe was only a toy

F C

And we did our computing by torchlight

D G

When I was a boy.

[Verse 3]

F C

When I was a boy our IS shop

F C

Built relational tables from wood,

F C

And we wrappered our data in oilcloth

D G

To preserve it the best that we could.

F C

And we carried our bits in a bucket,

F C

And our mainframe weighed 900 tons,

F C

And we programmed in ones and in zeros

D G

And sometimes we ran out of ones.

[Chorus]

F C

And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse

F C

Barefoot, uphill both ways,

F C

Through blizzards in summer and winter

D G

Back in the good old days.

F C

Back when Fortran was not even One-tran

F C

And the abacus? Only a toy!

F C

And we did our computing in primordial darkness

G C

When I was a boy.

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