[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 1]
Oh, the slide rule's age is hoary
It has passed its hour of glory
But lives on in song and story
And it's good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 2]
Oh, the decimal system lingers
Used for counting on your fingers
Good for children and filksingers
And it's good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old timе computing
Give me that old time computing
Givе me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 3]
The machine designed by Turing
Has a history quite stirring
And it slowly keeps on whirring
And it's good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 4]
Herman Hollerith is cursed; de-
Signed the punchcard, and what's worse, he's
Buried face down, nine edge first; he's
Buried deep enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 5]
Charles Babbage got things started
But he's long dead and departed
Left poor Ada brokenhearted
But he's good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 6]
Oh, we all adore Grace Hopper
With her COBOL, you can't stop her
There is no one who can top her
And she's good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 7]
Dear old FORTRAN's still among us
Just keeps spreading like a fungus
But for crunching jobs humungous
It's still good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 8]
Old computers dwarfed their makers
With their tubes and circuit breakers
And they sprawled about for acres
But they're good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 9]
Oh, the IBM Six-Fifty
Had a memory quite nifty
On a drum revolving swiftly
It was good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 10]
Oh, the Sixteen-Twenty's famous
Couldn't add, so who could blame us
When we called it ignoramus
It was good enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me
[Verse 11]
Though computers seem like magic
We can think of other adjec-
Tives that border on the tragic
And that's quite enough for me
[Chorus]
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
Give me that old time computing
It's good enough for me