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06 Aug 15 - 04:08 PM (#3728631) Subject: Lyr Req: Song about a mouse that chewed a wire From: open mike Looking or a song (I think it was by Malvina Reynolds) about a mouse that chewed thru a wire and caused a great stoppage...of a power grid or a major computer or something/? A sort of David and Goliath story. Got any clus on this one? |
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06 Aug 15 - 04:10 PM (#3728632) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LITTLE MOUSE (Malvina Reynolds) From: open mike ah ha...found the answer... THE LITTLE MOUSE Words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1976 Schroder Music Company, renewed 2004. As sung by Malvina Reynolds on "Ear to the Ground" A little mouse got into the wires At the central clearing house in Buenos Aires. One little mouse short-circuited the computers, Says a press dispatch from Reuters. Hooray for the little mouse That fucked up the clearing house, And went the Stock Exchange in a spin And made the bankers cry. So much for the electronic brains, That run the world of banks and airplanes, And if one little mouse can set them all awry, Why not you and I? SPOKEN: Then there was another item in the papers About a bank's computers That messed up the accounts So the farmer's checks all bounced, So his business fell apart And it nearly broke his heart. So he took the bank to court, And they gave him an award Of a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The bank appealed and on due consideration The higher court doubled the compensation. There is justice sometimes. SUNG: So if a computer does it to you, You can sue, or chew the wires through. [Repeat the earlier sung part.] http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/MALVINA/mr098.htm From the Malvina Reynolds Songbook |
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06 Aug 15 - 04:17 PM (#3728633) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about a mouse that chewed a wire From: open mike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCdNwvVXVfg |