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00100	ALGOL 68
00200	
00300	
00400	Read our report if you can,
00500	Read at your own chosen speed.
00600	It's not the one you wanted, boys.
00700	It's not the one you need.
00800	You say you're looking for a book
00900	Not too thick and always clear
01000	To guide you and protect you
01100	From all the bugs you fear.
01200	A book to open each and every door.
01300	But it ain't ours, boys.
01400	No, no, no, it ain't ours boys,
01500	It ain't ours you're looking for, boys.
01600	
01700	Go back and code in Fortran, boys.
01800	Cobol, it is for you,
01900	Think not of Algol 68,
02000	PL/I will have to do.
02100	You say you want a new Algol,
02200	From which you'll never part
02300	That will compile quite rapidly
02400	And run fast from the start,
02500	A syntax you can learn and teach,
02600	But it ain't ours, boys.
02700	No, no, no, it ain't ours boys,
02800	It ain't ours you'll ever reach, boys.
02900	
03000	Go melt back in the night, TC2.
03100	Everything inside is carved in stone,
03200	There are no changes to be made,
03300	And anyway, we'll soon be gone.
03400	You say you're looking for a group
03500	Who'll fix each bug you find,
03600	To maintain this Algol constantly
03700	And keep it on their mind.
03800	A lover for your life and nothing more,
03900	But it ain't us, boys.
04000	No, no, no, it ain't us boys.
04100	It ain't us you'll ever find, boys.