I've Been Railing on the Workload
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by Tom Roeder

[for Marcy Roeder]
[to the tune of "I've been working on the railroad"]

I've been railing on the workload 
All the live-long day.
I've been railing on the workload, 
'Cause it takes his time away.

Can't you hear professors calling, 
"Stay 'till so early in the morn"?
Can't you hear your children crying
When they feel forlorn.

Will I ever know
Will I ever know
Is he ever going to finish
Will I ever know
Will I ever know
When he's going to be all done

Someone's got to finish his thesis
Someone's got to finish I know
Someone's got to finish his thesis
But he's working way too slow, and singing

Fee, fie, fiddly I/O
Fee, fie, fiddly I/O O O O
Fee, fie, fiddly I/O,
But he's working way too slow.