Ack!

"If I were personifying mankind, I would probably take the word "he" rather than "it". For something mechanical I'd use "she"... It is not a conscious thing."

Fred, I know you didn't think about that while posting it. Women don't want to be harping on language allatime, but sometimes it just shouts out for thumping. It's an English problem, French is better, I think, with gendered everything.

But I think your solution is a good one, for the song.