English text
Double Bucky, you're the one, You make my keyboard so much fun, Double Bucky, an additional bit or two, (Vo-vo-de-o) Control and meta, side by side, Augmented ASCII, 9 bits wide! Double Bucky, a half a thousand glyphs, plus a few! Oh, I sure wish that I, Had a couple of bits more! Perhaps a set of pedals to make the number of bits four. Double Double Bucky! Double Bucky left and right OR'd together, outta sight! Double Bucky, I'd like a whole word of, Double Bucky, I'm happy I heard of, Double Bucky, I'd like a whole word of you! -- to Niklaus Wirth, who suggested that an extra bit be added to terminal codes on 36-bit machines for use by screen editors. [to the tune of "Rubber Ducky"]
English variant — jive
Double Bucky, youse de one, You's make mah' keybo'd so's much fun, Double Bucky, an addishunal bit o' two, (Vo-vo-de-o) Control and meta-fuckin', side by side, Augmented ASCII, 9 bits wide. Right On! Double Bucky, some half some dousand glyphs, plus some few. Right On! Oh, ah' sho' nuff wish dat I, Had some codownle uh bits mo'e. Right On! Perhaps some set uh pedals t'make da damn numba' of bits foe. Double Double Bucky. Right On! Double Bucky left and right OR'd togeder, outta sight. Right On! Double Bucky, I'd likes some whole wo'd of, Double Bucky, I'm happy ah' heard of, Double Bucky, I'd likes some whole wo'd uh ya'. Right On! -- t'Niklaus Wird, who suggested dat an 'estra bit be added t'terminal codes on 36-bit machines fo' use by screen edito's. [to de tune uh "Rubba' Ducky"]
English variant — valspeak
Double Bucky, oh, baby, you're thuh one, You make my keyboard so much fun, Double Bucky, oh, baby, an additional bit or two, fer shure, (Vo-vo-de-o) Control and meta, like, side by side, Augmented ASCII, oh, baby, 9 bits wide! Gag me with a SPOOOOON! Double Bucky, fer shure, a half a thousand glyphs, like, plus a few! Gag me with a SPOOOOON! Oh, fer shure, I sure wish that I, Had a couple of bits more! Gag me with a pitchfork! Perhaps a set of pedals to make thuh number of bits four. Double Double Bucky! Gag me with a pitchfork! Double Bucky left and right OR'd together, like, outta sight! Gag me with a SPOOOOON! Double Bucky, like, I'd like a whole word of, Double Bucky, fer shure, I'm happy I heard of, Double Bucky, fer shure, I'd like a whole word of you! Gag me with a SPOOOOON! -- to Niklaus Wirth, mostly, who suggested that an extra bit be added to terminal codes on 36-bit machines for use by screen editors. [to thuh tune of "Rubber Ducky"]