John Henry C++
by Hogeye Bill
John Henry was a programmer
He knew his C plus plus
He coded for Apple and he coded for Google
Making apps for all of us, lord lord
Making apps for all of us
He could live a month on pizza
Algorithm on coke or juice
A legend of Silicon Valley
It seemed like he just couldn't lose, lord lord
Seemed like he just couldn't lose
He was born a with binary bit brain
Had object oriented breath
He could see a relation as a manifestation
And code it like The Woz on meth, oh lord
Code it like The Woz on meth
When John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his daddy's knee
He picked up an iPhone and hacked into the Pentagon
Said gonna be the death of me, da da
Coding's gonna be the death of me
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Well the project leader said to John Henry
Gonna hire me some Asian geeks
They'll program for a dollar an hour, boy
And I won't have to pay for snacks, lord lord
I won't have to pay for snacks
John Henry said to his project lead
I'm a proud white American man
And before I let a foreigner beat me down
I'll die with a mouse in my hand, lord lord
A keyboard and a mouse in my hand
John Henry coded fifteen thousand lines
Ashok coded only nine
John Henry died with a grin on his face
Professing to still feel fine, lord lord
Asking for some Napa Valley wine
Ashok got the job of programmer
Fed his family and shoe'd their feet
Said a prayer to Shiva 'bout creation and destruction
and the karma of market being sweet, lord lord
the karma of the market is sweet
On a desk at One Infinite Loop
There's a shrine for the coders to shed
A tear at the sapphire inscripted coke can
At the desk where John Henry fell dead, lord lord
The place where John Henry fell dead
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