(Lord knows where this comes from! but it's fun) [ tune of "I've been working on the Railroad" ] (tune: I've been working on the railroad) I've been working on my thesis 19 hours a day ... I've been working on my thesis Wasting all my youth away ... I hear my committee mumbling Questions large and small Can't you hear them all a-shouting "Publish by the fall!" Data won't you show Data won't you show Data won't you show something new-ew-ew Data won't you show Data won't you show Data won't you show something new. Someone's been fiddling with my data Someone's been feeling pretty blue-oo-oo Someone's been playing with the numbers Now they show something new! Fee-fie fiddle away Fee-fie fudge fudge fay Fee-fie twiddle tweak twee I'll get my Ph.D.! .... author unknown