I believe that was written by PDP-1 Teco creator and WTBS DJ Dan Murphy, for performance in the annual All Tech Sing, or whatever they called it. (Wherein the "co-eds" substituted "Kenneth R. Wadleigh" for "Officer Krupke".) Big Julie was President Julius Adams Stratton, after a TV skit about Julius Caesar. (Stratton was the guy for whom Bill Ackermann rented a tux, just so he could say, "It certainly is a pleasure!".) —rwg I should have added in my Stirling post that the errors are monotone decreasing (= "antitone"). On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 2:02 PM rwg <rwg@ma.sdf.org> wrote:

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [math-fun] The Doormat Singers at MIT Date: 2019-05-12 13:40 From: Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Reply-To: Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net>, math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com>

Hans! Thanks for a wonderful blast from the past — about 54 years ago.

The mp3 was better than any lyrics!

—Dan

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DA: "Can anyone recall the lyrics, or know where they can be found, to a song from '64-'65 that had words like: As I walked out, one May morning, along the shady route, ..."

Look for "The Institute Screw" here:

http://www.dpbsmith.com/doormat/

No lyrics but they have an mp3.

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