Owain F Carter

DOS Songs


Humour


Stand by your DOS
(Stand by your man)
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Sometimes it's hard not being trendy,
Hangin' on to things long dead and gone.
But DOS is still real trusty
Even though it may be rusty
Living in a window from now on.

Chorus:

Stand by your DOS.
It's been a friend you turned to
Ever since that you first learned to
Type F3
And use Control-C
Stand by your DOS
And boot up at the C prompt
Those who want Windows are truly lost!
Stand by your DOS!


My poor DOS
(My bonnie lies over the ocean)
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Now I'll admit DOS was quite stupid.
It's cryptic and ugly to see.
But it was small and un-ob-trusive.
So why did they take it from me? Oh ...

Chorus:

Bring back, bring back,
Bring back my DOS to full screen, full screen!
Bring back, bring back,
Bring back my DOS to full screen, full screen!

I've come a long way with my PC.
I've got to know Auto-exec.
And now I am forced to use Windows,
They've just sent my OS to heck! Oh ...

Now they've put DOS in a window,
It's graphically stuck in a box.
Microsoft must really hate us.
Upon their compilers a pox! Oh ...


DOS's Lament
(Oh my darlin' Clementine)
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On the desktop,
In a window,
Multitasking all the time.
MS-DOS sits quite unhappy;
Life is over, it's a crime.
With no power,
With no purpose,
With no software or control.
Might as well have
Bought a Mac 'cause
Without DOS it's rather droll
I hate Windows
It's confusing
And it really isn't fun.
There's no C prompt
Or COMMAND.COM - Oh!
Take me back to '81!

© IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. "DOS for Dummies Windows '95 Edition", Dan Gookin. All copyrights acknowledged.