Apologies to Moby. 
Oh, Randal Schwartz, let me tell the news,
About this language I love to use.
Great God, I been programming so much, so long,
Sittin' here inspired me with this song.

Larry spoke, and it sound so sweet.
Perl 6 ain't gon' be some dull repeat.
He diagrammed and prophesized,
Great God Almighty, that man is wise.

[bridge:]
Go tell that Python coder,
Go tell that Ruby doubter,
Tell the Java folk, slow-poke, VB doter,
Tell them Perl is gonna be their savior true.

[chorus:]
If you code on, for a long time,
Code on, Perling and smiling.
Code on, man, for a long time,
Let me tell you Perl is gonna be your savior true.

You produce your code, hide in shame,
Refuse to mark it with your name.
Larry wants you to be so proud,
You'll profess your Perl code loud.

[chorus] x 3

Some people learn a bit just to get by,
Just covering up the VB-er inside.
Brother, let me tell you, if you give up a little sweat,
You can nail this language yet.

[bridge]
[chorus] x 8

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